BE STILL MY HEART!
Dear Michelle, I recommend pastel lavender drapes with a fine muted floral pattern, 62" x 108" for the Lincoln Bedroom...
At 8:40 when we won Pennsylvania, it seemed we had it. At 9:34 when we won Ohio, you knew we won the election. At 11:00, we won Virginia, and Barack's win was official, as the west coast polls closed. At 11:12 Bush congratulated Barack. At 11:20 McCain conceded. By 11:25, Florida made it a landslide. The only question was, by what margin. And at the stroke of Midnight, Barack addressed 125,000 in Chicago, and the world. Indiana straggled in this morning, and North Carolina is still too close to call. Popular vote 52% to 47%. Voter turnout 64%, the highest since 1908.
A point of great pride, I brought my 18 month old baby girl into the voting booth with me. I started the lever to select Barack, and she pulled it down, casting the historical vote of vision and reason that will guide and steward the environment she grows up in.
The mandate that a more than two-to-one landslide brings, re-affirms that America can recognize heartfulness and good sense. It tells us that many people with deep emotional investments in other parties have the ethical integrity to realize that we are all in this together, do some homework, consider different views, and choose empathy for people over the comparative shallowness of party. This is something everyone should respect. An elder I knew used to say "I wasn't born Democrat, Republican or yesterday" and she also used to say "It's never too late to do the right thing". My faith in America has risen higher.
Barack is not perfect, and he is not all things to all people, but he is an organic conduit or an awakening progressive movement. The doors to ideas are open for business, inspiration is back on the table, vision is back in stock on the shelves, and reason is the special of the day.
Now that the ship has come into port, and the lines are cleated, we can begin our journey to make a thousand dreams, positive healthy dreams of vision, a reality. Welcome all, as we are indeed all in this together. Last night I posted "I will gaze at the moon for a moment and toast our beautiful family. If you gaze at the moon too, our spirits can mingle there to smile at the road ahead." To all who joined me, Down with disease! To health and better days! Cheers!
LOVE to all, and to all a GOOD night.
Pleasant Dreams & All Good Things, Greg-joyous happy tears-
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