Today is June 3, 2008.
I’m starting this post with the date because I want to mark it down for posterity for my son when he’s old enough to read about this.
Barack Obama made history tonight by becoming the first African-American to receive the nomination by any political party to be the next President of the United States!
I am proud of this fact. And I want my son to know that when I say the words, “You can be president one day,” he will see that it really is possible. I didn’t think I’d see this day. I really didn’t. Three years ago, I had a conversation with a co-worker who said that Obama would run for and become president. I said he was too green and he’d never do it.
I couldn’t have been more wrong.
When I look back at the history of my days, I can remember where I was and what I was doing when I heard the Challenger exploded.
I remember where I was and what I was doing when I heard about the bombing of the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma.
I remember where I was and what I was doing when I heard about Columbine. I watched it happen before my eyes.
I remember every moment of the morning of September 11, 2001, from the minute I first heard on the radio that a plane had crashed into one of the World Trade Towers.
And now I am witnessing history again. I will remember where I was and what I was doing as I watched Barack Obama declare himself the Democratic nominee. And I will forever remember Hillary’s speech – ungracious and strident - much like she has been throughout her campaign.
There’s still a long way to go on this journey for Sen. Obama. He still has to actually be nominated in Denver in August. He has to run the campaign and win in November.
But tonight, I stand witness to history. I stand witness for my grandparents and my mother, who didn’t live to see this day. I stand witness for my son who has no clue of what is happening and why it is so significant.
But I stand witness for myself – for my past, my present and my future.
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