parentinglife

Last night November 4, 2008 The United States of American has finally come full circle.  We were elated that Obama won the election and with the Biden our very own here in Delaware as the new President and Vice President. We were on edge watching the news and the result, i was so nervous for Obama and wondered what he could be feeling at that instant when the electoral votes were being counted. Unfortunately i went to bed early and really didn’t get to watch the acceptance speech of the new President of the United States of American Barrack Obama live in Chicago. But no matter as soon as i woke up, i got a text msg from my MIL who was staying over at Angelo’s house that Obama had won. As soon as i hustle up the breakfast of the kids i turned the television on and watched the news.

As i watched i felt goosebumps, after all this years America has finally come full circle. In history African Americans were mere slaves of White people mostly plantation owners, they had no voice, no choice and they were treated like dirt. Look at America now, the most powerful person is a descendant of an African American. As my husband said to me ” now, i hope that African American Men/ Women will no longer say that they being held back and talk anymore about racism. People of different race, Asian, Latinos, African American, Spanish and many more made a choice to elect a President that is of African American descent.”

I believe people this time looked beyond the color of the skin, the race, the religion and see a man instead. America has finally opened its eyes and is now looking at a new dawn, a new era of change.