The Story I Submitted on Change.gov

Penina — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 10:14:12 EST

My Story: I'm a single mom who voted for you, but is ambivalent about your healthcare plan. That's because the one time I buckled and requested ANY public service (children's health insurance), I was expected to surrender my privacy, and tolerate punitive rules, such as losing three months of coverage when I missed a payment. We've since moved to a new state, and we are uninsured.

Social services without a sense of Real Community are dehumanizing, and no solution. It is critical that community be fostered along with any other plan, whether it is for health, security or the economy.

Measuring the Difference You Made

Penina — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:25:37 EST

What if you didn't knock on any doors, send any money or make any calls? Does that mean you didn't make a difference in this election, and in bringing a principled, visionary human being like Barack Obama to the White House?

You know what I'm going to say, don't you.

I didn't knock on any doors, or make any calls... and I can't remember whether I sent any money (I may have sent a small amount, early on)... but I know I made a difference.

I have been consciously holding and building my vision for a true and great leader since the mind-boggling weeks after 9-11. I was not visioning an African American as I wrote and dreamed this leader, but I recognized him immediately, because first and foremost, he has a dream for America, and has confidence in those same American qualities we feared may have fallen to sleep forever.

I don't agree with many of his ideas, but I believe he will listen to mine, and that I can live with the choices he will make as President of the USA.

Using the "Making a Difference" factors on my profile page, I can't claim a number higher than 1/10. By the measure of my heart, however, I know I did something meaningful and profound to contribute to this wonderful success.

Congratulations, Mr. Obama and Mr. Biden.

Congratulations, everybody!

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