Wednesday, November 5th, 2008
Me: “How, do you feel?”
Paige: “I’m so happy! Now we don’t have to move to Canada!”
Last night Paige and I watched the television news coverage of the election results. We were both on edge of our seats at first but that quickly turned into hope when key battleground states started turning blue. Hope transitioned into disbelief (what? over so soon?) and was then quickly replaced by joy when we realized that McCain was conceding. When I turned to Paige after his concession speech she had tears streaming down her face at full force.
Now I have seen my daughter cry a lot over the last 14 years and from experience I have found that tears generally fall for the following three reasons:
- I hate my mother because she an oppressive b*tch.
- My friend, boyfriend, teacher, [fill in blank] looked at me funny or said something nasty and now my life is over.
- I twisted my ankle playing sports and now must have my leg amputated. (more…)
Tags: barack obama, barack the vote, civic responsibility, election, move to canada, paige, president elect, vote
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Saturday, November 1st, 2008
I think it’s so brave when people live their lives out in the open – exposing all their goodness and messiness for everyone to see. It’s not that these people don’t care about what other people think … it’s just that they are propelled to do things despite what other people think. I used to think that I was like that in my 20s, but I now realize that it was just youthful exuberance and foolhardiness masked as confidence or assuredness. I’ve never been at this place before (that not giving a shit about what other people think place). It’s freeing. (more…)
Tags: barack obama, change, gwen bell, happiness, Life, Living Authentically, Midthirties Crisis, Milestones, yes we can
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