If you are on the fence … spend some time watching what the candidates have to say during this incredibly important time. If you don’t think that this election is important, for whatever reason, YOU ARE WRONG. Educate yourselves. And check out Andrea’s blog for some articles worth reading.
You know where my vote’ll be.
Barack Obama
So we had a pretty amazing week last week. And I’m now coming down from my super-high to highlight our Stand Up Straight, Grand Junction event last Wednesday.
Suffice it to say that I was proud to talk with our group of 30 people and recognize that we are participating in the movement toward chage. And there are families and individuals in my community who will help me bring that change to Grand Junction. I was proud to walk with my neighbors. I am proud to call them my friends. I am honored to join them in our battle for true equality.
Yes, we were small-ish this year. Check back next year for bigger and better and brilliant!
Part of The Group
Peaceful Walk
Friends
Main Street
Standing Up!
Reading Nana's Words
And in case you didn’t have a chance to read my statement that is visible on the national Seven Straight Nights For Equal Rights website, check it out here (by either clicking on the highlighted ”the national Seven Straight Nights For Equal Rights website” or the highlighted word “here”, Mom!) There’s also a post below that I wrote. Read it here.
What more can I say?! I mean, truly. I was 20 feet from the man who should become the next President of the United States. And everyone could feel the electricity in the air. The energy shifted and all attention and focus was on the message Senator Obama was sending. Sure, there was cheering. But more importantly, we all were desperate to hear every word out of his mouth because IT.IS.IMPORTANT. So, we quieted quickly. And it was positive and empowering and incredible and unfathomable. I get goosebumps anytime I talk about what I experienced yesterday and I tear up like I did standing with my children, watching history unfold. The possibilities are endless and the hope is insurmountable. My almost-8-year-old with remember where he stood as he listened to Senator Obama. My 5-year-old will remember the Colorado blue sky and the rocks she tried to adopt and that we were in the presence of greatness.
I could give you the whole rigmarole of how I missed both kids’ soccer games on Saturday to stand in line (with my 82 year old grandmother and dynamite mom, I might add!) for tickets to see Senator Obama, and then had my three children stand in line with me for hours and hours AGAIN on Monday to get through the 2 metal detectors they had set up for the thousands of people to get through. I could go on and on about how we got there, and where we stood and who we met (wonderful, intelligent people), and how Chad was able to meet up with us …
But this isn’t about any of that.
It’s about the goosebumps and electricity that rose up in all of us as Senator Obama took the stage. It’s about the compelling force that made us all feel like we could make a difference and be a part of something bigger than anything we’ve ever been a part of before. It IS about the tingle that creeps into my nose and forces warm, salty tears to my eyes when I breathe back in the possibilities of this nation and its promise. It’s about respecting a man and his values, motivation, and dedication to a nation’s people … and the respect that that brings back to the title: The President of The United States. And it’s also about what I saw and captured with my camera. Here is what my children saw:
Red, White, Blue, and Obama
Change We Can Believe In
Just 20 feet away!
Senator Obama
You can bet your sweet bippie that the kids and I will be there!
