Reflections

What an amazing day.  History was truly made today as we, as a nation, witnessed the first ever African-American president take the oath of office.  This is by far one of the proudest days of my life.  I am so proud of my fellow countrymen and I feel an immense amount of hope for our future as a country as I see evidence that the masses are slowly transforming and we as an American people are changing our focus from ourselves to the greater sense of worth that resides in our community.  I am so proud to be able to tell my children and grandchildren about this day in history and how momentous the event truly was.  History has been made, and we are so fortunate to have been witnesses to something that will never be duplicated in history again.  There will never be another first African-American president of the United States again.  So as we return to our normal lives again tomorrow, at least we can look back on this day as the day that was so almost near perfect, a day where politics were put aside and we united as a country around a man who so symbolically represents this country's ability to move past so many of the skeletons it has hidden in its closet for so long.