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You describe the moments beautifully Luv. I share your feelings, as I am in Montreal and the reaction here was similar. Stephen and I cried, as we watched Obama's "Informercial" and the same experience happened on Election night. Like Peter, we were stunned watching the world celebrate with us and I like to believe that a new day is dawning in America.
Beautiful post, dear Ann. I cried too, off and on starting Tuesday night at 11pm eastern (when all the networks called the race at the same time), and all day Wednesday, watching the footage of the entire world celebrating. I'll never forget that one moment though -- the moment they called it. The commentators went silent for a while, and just rotated between live images of crowds celebrating in Chicago, Times Square, in front of the White House, Paris, Kenya, and on and on. The whole world seemed to be watching, and for one moment, we were one people -- one big happy family.
Hi Ann- Nice to see you blogging again! It was such a beautiful, amazing night! I was a little bummed the next afternoon, when I was picking up my kids at school. One of the other mothers was excited and talking to the mothers when we walked up to the school. One of the mothers told her" I voted the other way, I think he is going to get assasinated" That kind of thinking just makes me sick to my stomach. Hopefully, that attitude will change when they see what he does with what he is up against. Glad your appts. went well. Take care!
robert
It's been 5 days and I'm still feeling good. I just can't recall anything like this. I mean the whole world is celebrating. People in the capitals of Europe, in villages all over the globe, farms, towns...it's a special feeling and certainly nothing like anything I've experienced in my life. How could we be so lucky?
November 10, 2008