Reply #3: I teared up throughout the day... [View All]

[CoffeeCat]

...but yesterday's tears were nothing compared to the weeping that I did the night
he was elected President.

It may sound strange, but the historical significance did not hit me until CNN announced him
as "President Elect Obama".

I was so focused on getting my country back--from the primary and into the general--nearly 18 months!
Obama represented hope and change, and I was busy volunteering, blogging and writing about how important
it was that we wrestle away control and power from the neocons. I was scared.

Yes, I obviously realized that Barack Obama was an African American and that it was significant
that he would be the first black President. However, I just saw Obama as the guy who could really
save our country, when--for so long--it had seem like all was lost.

So, the night he won, I sat on the couch and I just bawled because it all hit at once--the nightmare
was over, the Dems were in control AND Martin Luther King Junior's dream had been realized. The
joy--and also the grief about the past--were both so crushing. My husband and I both cried for a
long time, both with tears streaming down our faces--unable to speak for at least a half hour.

I'll never forget the inauguration and those sporadic tears throughout the day, but the tears I let
go the night Obama was elected--were more powerful.