Where Were You When Everything Changed?

Where were you when everything changed? Where were you when Barack Obama was inaugurated as the 44th Preseidnt of the United States? Where were you when our nation actually lived up to it's founding documents? Where were you when our nation lived up to it's rhetoric? Where were you when the old American adage that says that any child can grow up to be President of The United States, actually became truth instead of myth?

Over six months ago, I wrote about Barack Obama being the Strategic African American, that all important pin that will hold things together when times look grim. Well, on this past Tuesday, he became not only the Strategic African American, but the Strategic American.

Everything is different now... and I couldn't be prouder of our country. As you know, I have two kids... both girls. Both of them at once biracial and African American. My oldest child called me from her college campus this afternoon to tell me where she was when The President took his oath (between classes, crowded around a TV with her sorority chums), and how it made her feel.

My youngest daughter watched and wondered why mommy was crying.

Me? well, it doesn't matter where I was, but I'll never forget it.

President Obama has called us all to service. He has called on us to not sit idly by... called us to be a part of what we want this country to become. I plan to continue to do my part, and I hope that you will join me.

This is the year that future generations will define as the year that everything changed... and despite the straits that our country has been left in by past leadership, this time, this age that we are entering will be remembered as the beginning of the best of times in America.