In search of fall. The season. I miss it. And so Michelle and I went out to Napa on a quest to find fall in all of its beautiful glory. We found it on a Sunday bike ride in wine country, along with a bottle of Cabernet and a bottle of Grenache and a Wine Club membership at Elizabeth Spencer. Success. How tasty.
This is America. Twenty friends in a small room, all stakeholders, all emotionally involved, all helping change the world. CNN calls Pennsylvania for Obama. This is America. We have votes. We have dreams. We have a vested interest. We have our future children to think about. CNN calls New York for Obama. And we want the world to know, we’re the heart of this country. The powerful spirit of the what’s to come. Healthy and beating stronger than ever. We’re speaking up. We’re telling the world to forget the perceptions, because we’re shaping a new reality. I wonder what dungeon or drink or substance or channel Bill O’Rielly is drowning in tonight? This is the new America. Which is built on the old America. The bill of rights. The constitution. The fact, that we again hold these truths to be self evident, that all men and woman are created equal. The polls are closing in 15 states in 1 minute. In this America everything and anything is possible, even the American dream. For a while it looked like that dream was dying a quiet and spectacular death. Just ask the rest of the world. CNN calls Ohio for Obama. Let’s assume that McCain wins every single state left except Indiana, Washington, Oregon, and California. He still won’t have enough Electoral College votes to win. I just can’t imagine a scenario where McCain wins enough of the remaining four states to take the presidency. So we watch and hope and smile and laugh and celebrate and listen as our voices roar through our small living room and around the entire world. CNN calls the 44 presidential race for Barack Obama. This is our America. Champagne for everyone. Tonight, it feels amazing to be an American.
The country is on the road to recovery now that Obama is our President Elect. Thank goodness it is because on October 24 my nephew entered this world and made me an aunt and Caspian an uncle for the first time. I am hopeful that he will grow up in a world where people are free to say and do what they believe is right; where every person is seen as an individual and not judged by the color of his or her skin; where education is of utmost priority and valued as the way out of poverty and crime; where the environment is respected and we see ourselves as keepers of the planet, not hunters.
Carson Daniel, I will do everything I can to make sure you have a supportive, healthy and respectful world to live in. I also promise to be the best aunt that ever lived. I love you. Thank you Kristen and Matt for giving us all this gift. You are going to be amazing parents. Seeing Carson being born was one of the most amazing things I have ever seen in my life. I have never witnessed greater love than the love Kristen had immediately for the child that suddenly laid before her, turning his gaze toward her face in recognition of his mother's voice.
I can't wait until he's old enough to play with. In the meantime, I hope to visit often and help my sister and her husband in whatever way I can.
Joy to the world for Barack Obama and Carson Daniel!
