“We Don’t Have To Move To Canada”

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:

1. I hate my mother because she an oppressive b*tch.
2. My friend, boyfriend, teacher, [fill in blank] looked at me funny or said something nasty and now my life is over.
3. 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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