My Thoughts on this Historic Day

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We started off the day with Nate fixing us his special breakfast which we dubbed "Barack-fest." We talked with our daughters about this being a historic event given that Barack Obama has been the first black man to be our president. On a side note: I dislike the term African American even though Barack is truly an African American. I know people who have dark skin but aren't from Africa or they look African -American and then you talk to them and realize they are from France. I always get confused about it so I just say black person. It may not be politically correct but it works for me. Anyway.....

It actually feels like President Obama has already been in office forever what with all of the media hype surrounding him. My wish is he does whats right for all of America, that he listens to the people who voted for him and not just the people in Washington. My wish is that the American people don't put too much hope into the president. He's only human after all. My wish is that my liberal friends let go of their animosity for George W. Unfortunately, I have this feeling that if anything goes wrong in the next 4 years this will still be Bush's fault. My wish is that the country takes a turn for the better and that the world will view us more in a postive light. I have seen though that certain countries will still burn our Presidents' picture no matter who is elected.

So will things really change? Will people still be hopeful tomorrow? Two weeks from now? Two years from now? I've been through 4 presidential terms now and I have been disappointed every time. Now I know that I need to take matters into my own hands and not rely soley on somebody in Washington telling me how I need to feel and what I need to do to make my world a better place. If it is to be it's up to me.

Best of luck to you, President Obama!