History...

The day we will tell our grandchildren about? I am sure that is actually a possibility but in all honesty, when I am giving my friends that are hardcore Obama fans high fives, the last thing I want to hear is that this is a day that we will tell our grandchildren about. I don't even know that I understand what that statement means. Yes, of course I grasp the concept that history was made today, but who knows that what will come from today will actually be something I tell my grandchildren. Am I going to have grandchildren (that is probably a question my mother asks herself everyday). How can telling grandchildren about this day in history be the first thing my friends think about?

I began to think how many monumental days my grandparents have experienced, and how many of them they actually said "this is a day we will tell our grandchildren about." Not to mention how many lessons of history I have actually learned from my grandparents. Yes, both sets of my grandparents were active in my life, but unless you count my Great Gran (Isabel Leo) I can't think of one actual conversation with either set of grandparents that was about a particular day in history. Now Gram on the other hand, had a internal calendar like no other...she could recite any random day and give you a story or a monumental experience from that day in history. Every person in my parents generation can probably tell me where they were and what they were doing when Kennedy was assassinated or people from my grandparents generation when asked where they were the ruling of Brown vs. The Board of Education from Supreme Court came down. I am also willing to bet that if I asked Gram Leo where she was when she got the news that women got the right to vote, she could tell me. Those are monumental days in history, but how many of them were actually seen as "days we will tell our grandchildren about"? I was incredibly shocked because the actual statement was said by a 30 year old.

I couldn't be happier to finally be able to say that I voted for a Presidential candidate that actually got elected. Yep, that makes me completely responsible if all goes to hell in a hand basket, but it also gives me the chance to smile if the economy turns around things start to progress for our country. Depending on how you look at it, you can either embrace change or point your finger and laugh the attempts of our new President. The last two elections, I unfortunately didn't pick the winning candidate. This time I did!

Either way, I am happy to admit that I am excited that the election is over. I no longer have to watch Swallow get into bar fights with random people because she doesn't agree with them, I no longer have to bite my tongue when in conversations with people trying to sway me over to their side of the fence, and I no longer have to play the stupid blonde that doesn't understand what is different about the political parties. I no longer have to feel as though I should justify my reasoning for registering as an independent. After all that conversation only comes up every four years. I am registered an independent for a reason. I agree with my choice and I am happy to continue being an independent. I will wait another 4 years for people to try and convince me to switch teams...maybe in the mean time I can come up with some really off the cuff response that will throw them for a loop. The I used this year that I loved was "is there more then one option?"

Congratulations to the Obama-Biden team, but mostly to their families. It was a great win, and one for the record books...(probably one that I will be able to tell my grandchildren about). I do have one question that I think is interesting...since Governor Palin didn't win, do you think her pregnant teenager daughter will still get married?