A Historical Day

Kids,

This might be the most important day of your short life here so far. Today, we, the United States of America, elected a new president, one who seems to be an honorable man. A man devoted to change things as we know them. We have faced many troubling times and hardships over the last 8 years. We had the largest, most devastating terrorist attack in the United States in 2001. Gracie, there are many deep issues associated with this, but it is one of the reasons we did not stay in New York after you were born. Since then, we have engaged in 2 wars, seen our global reputation and credibility shrink to embarrasingly low proportions and now, our nation is struggling through a financial crisis that most equate to the Great Depression. There are many events happening in your young life that you will learn about in school.

This day was another one of those historical events. Today, we elected a new president, the first African American president in history. The effects of this will probably still be felt throughout your lifetime. You see, race shouldn't matter in this country, in this world, but the sad truth is that it does. Hopefully, all Americans can look past the color of a man's skin, even those who are still mired in ways of the past, ways of inequality. Only time will tell. I pray for all of our sake, that this day will be the beginning of a new America, a revitalized America, an America that we're all proud to be a part of.

Times have been hard. I hope that today's decision will have a positive impact on the world that you will grow up in and raise your own family in. I feel like today, we have elected a president who will make the decisions necessary to give you that world, to make things better, to lead us on the road to change that we so desperately need, not only right now, but when you are typing something to your own kids.

This is a historical day and you should know that both your mom and I are happy with this result. We are confident that this is the right decision and we are hopeful in the future that can be. We want a nation and a world that we can all live in and you guys can have a full life in. As you learn about George Washington and Abraham Lincoln and Franklin D. Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy and the impact that they had on this great nation, impact that was felt long after they left, so will you learn about the man who made history today - our new president Barak Obama.

We love you dearly,
Mom and Dad

PS - we were both laying in our bed in our house in Wylie, Texas when the news broke and Obama gave his speech. In fact, your mom was asleep :)