History in the Making

I've been absent from blogging for quite awhile. I've been too busy following the election to be able to concentrate. This morning while listening to one of Barack Obama's last speeches before election day, I realized that we all are truly seeing history being made. For the first time in the history of this country, we had a man of color running for president on a major ticket. I pray to God that by the end of today, this country will have elected the first black American president. In January of 2009 I pray that we will see a black woman as First Lady.

But it isn't just because Obama is black that is important. This country needs a new leader that will restore to its own people a sense of hope and renewal. The world is also watching and hoping for an American leader who can bring the United States back to being a nation that not only leads but leads with compassion and cooperation; a nation that leads with thought and truth; a nation that leads with example and equanimity. Barack Obama can do it and will do it.

It is not hyperbole to say, as so many have said recently, that after eight years of Bush/Cheney and Republican non-leadership, the nightmare is almost over.

It makes me want to weep.