A momentous day in history with no lack of honoring, celebrating, or dedicating oneself and the nation to a hopeful future. I’m so excited for the new president Barack Obama. He gave a somber message of the challenges ahead, not only to be honest with us but also to encourage us to step up, work together, and look to the future with hope as citizens of a blessed nation. I would be exhausted if I were in his shoes after today with the parades, pomp and circumstance, never-ending balls. Oh my! That’s a lot of smiling. Plus, somehow I think I would be chomping at the bit, saying, “We have a lot of work to do.” But of course, that will forever be the case while he has this job, and celebration is necessary to keeping one’s sanity.
I can’t wait to have a really great reason to be giddy tomorrow. My sister’s back in town! The last couple days have been busy and productive at the house with new aunties, but now it’s time to celebrate. At least for the night, since breakfast will find me serving kids and then filling the rest of the day with the reality of work at school and rehearsals. So we’ll have fun tomorrow and still get ready for what’s ahead, knowing that we get to work and play hard together over the next days, weeks, and months.
Obama will twirl his wife and wave at many crowds, but tomorrow when he wakes up, he’ll have the obligation and honor to use the celebratory energy to go about leading the country.
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