tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post6709214343127380123..comments2024-01-01T20:33:52.554-08:00Comments on a moon, worn as if it had been a shell: Inauguration day and why I'm a tad jealous of my kidsElizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-75396797523741291002013-01-23T20:53:09.048-08:002013-01-23T20:53:09.048-08:00His election both times has been deeply meaningful...His election both times has been deeply meaningful to me. I attended the inauguration in 2009 and it was a highlight of my life. I live in a conservative community and am passively-aggressively insulted many times for expressing how I feel, but it doesn't how I react to his words. Years ago during the first election I was in the middle of a PTSD breakdown... flashbacks, panic, and horrible night terrors. A kind therapist told me I could call on someone to come help me in those terrifying dreams. Each time I did so it was Barack Obama who would show up. I don't know why or understand all of how the broken, healing mind works, but it his calm demeanor and wise words have helped. AnnDeOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06924496553474813816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-66290693260713807262013-01-23T19:19:07.756-08:002013-01-23T19:19:07.756-08:00Amazing, wasn't it? I cried and cried, and cri...Amazing, wasn't it? I cried and cried, and cried some more. Such healing happy tears for so many of us in so many of those words. How fortunate and proud we are to have him at the helm. Forward. Together. Glorious. Ajaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15272210468592329126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-64092708917968796492013-01-23T13:42:11.021-08:002013-01-23T13:42:11.021-08:00Thank you, David-Glen Smith, for visiting my blog ...Thank you, David-Glen Smith, for visiting my blog and for leaving a comment! I've just seen your own writing and really look forward to exploring more of it -- how did you find this space?Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-47914434727959891252013-01-23T13:33:28.005-08:002013-01-23T13:33:28.005-08:00Thanks for posting the poem-- I missed it during t...Thanks for posting the poem-- I missed it during the event itself. The chaos of the last few days only let me have a free moment <i>now.</i> Look forward reading more of your posts.David-Glen Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00506025325923788597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-51807995031016931802013-01-23T10:09:05.482-08:002013-01-23T10:09:05.482-08:00it was one of those days that I truly miss having ...it was one of those days that I truly miss having cable tv<br /><br />I have seen bits and pieces on my iPad news apps - and as always, am proud of our President, his darling family, his sweet girls (the same ages as my oldest and my youngest - and the President and First Lady are the same age as my husband and myself)<br /><br />If I had seen into the future when I was a grade school child and afraid of the atom bomb and george wallace simultaneously - all my fears would surely have washed away. President Obama and Michelle were sitting in a grade school classroom at the same time as me - looking out on a wide and unfriendly world. It makes me happy and I feel a kinship.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10818795902981871173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-56547559187315043642013-01-23T08:19:21.380-08:002013-01-23T08:19:21.380-08:00I loved it, too. But I remember, fondly, Clinton&#...I loved it, too. But I remember, fondly, Clinton's presidencies, and took much hope from them as well. I have a fervent wish that he will be able to do some of these things he talks about over the next four years, given the state of the House and Senate. Perhaps believing in him will help. Thanks for lifting me up today.kariohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10150537989886423212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-12838841432989089772013-01-23T05:34:06.172-08:002013-01-23T05:34:06.172-08:00"I was only able to see a bit of the Presiden..."I was only able to see a bit of the Presidential Balls"...<br /><br />Unlike the First Lady later that evening. ZING!<br /><br />Sorry I couldn't resist. I was sucked in like a kid into a toy store...<br /><br />But as for my political views about the stuff that I saw, I want so badly to be moved, but I am so jaded by it all now that it serves to only make me sad these days because I see the road ahead as more of the same kind of bipartisan bickering and unfavorable compromise that oft leads nowhere.<br /><br />But then again I've pretty much lost all hope, so my opinion doesn't matter much. I'll probably be dead from stress in a couple of years anyway. WOOHOO!blogzillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08268388544631653375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-2471146600028240662013-01-22T23:27:41.064-08:002013-01-22T23:27:41.064-08:00I wish you'd heard from some conservative read...I wish you'd heard from some conservative readers (do you have any? LOL!) -- but I suspect that many just didn't watch, as Bonnie described above. It seems a disturbing trend among many of us to simply ignore the perspectives of those we don't agree with. Conservatives watch Fox News, turn off the inauguration, and that way get exclusively reinforcing messages about their views.<br /><br />Anyway.<br /><br />I haven't yet seen the entire speech, but what I have seen was incredible, and like you I am thrilled with both the direction of the country and the soundness of Obama's message and ideals. It certainly IS a far cry from the Reagan years. Holy cow.Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-37187367662696767502013-01-22T17:54:08.540-08:002013-01-22T17:54:08.540-08:00I love our president and I love you for writing th...I love our president and I love you for writing this post. You prefectly described how I was feeling as I watched the day's events. What a day that was, and what a speech that was! Wow!<br /><br /> The Henryshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17878410407082384985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-36927953777336654352013-01-22T15:21:09.557-08:002013-01-22T15:21:09.557-08:00I'm with you baby. It's a braver and newer...I'm with you baby. It's a braver and newer world than when I was a young'un and I'm damn glad of it. And this: Hank sent me a text last night about Obama that said, "That man sure can speech!"<br />And when Obama won four years ago, he called me crying and said, "We did it! We did it!" Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-78226362539277827262013-01-22T15:14:18.567-08:002013-01-22T15:14:18.567-08:00We watched it all day and a lot of the same though...We watched it all day and a lot of the same thoughts went through my mind. It's amazing how unfazed my 14 year old is about the significance (still) of Barack Obama's second term. In fact, to her, the biggest injustice is that we don't have a woman president. When Hilary showed up on the screen, she said, She better run, because I can vote for the first time in 2016! Deanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10695982965264794769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-62785342140884380932013-01-22T13:58:37.161-08:002013-01-22T13:58:37.161-08:00I LOVE that man and i too feel blessed that my chi...I LOVE that man and i too feel blessed that my children will grow up with this as part of the fabric of their memory. Alicia Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06244714478310893367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-61686513382208429232013-01-22T11:09:26.619-08:002013-01-22T11:09:26.619-08:00Holy crap, I was only able to see a bit of the Pre...Holy crap, I was only able to see a bit of the Presidential Balls, and hoped to catch some of this online today. Your post is wonderful, and I cried to read our President's words and again to hear the beautiful Inaugural Poem. Thank you for this post, and for saying so much of what I think and feel as we move forward from here.Melhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10114884092474969555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-58794184795249087252013-01-22T09:38:57.521-08:002013-01-22T09:38:57.521-08:00And then there was this:
"We, the people, dec...And then there was this:<br />"We, the people, declare today that the most evident of truths -- that all of us are created equal -- is the star that guides us still; just as it guided our forebears through Seneca Falls, and Selma, and Stonewall"<br />As a member in my multi racial family, long term (33 years) foster mom to a young woman with severe physical and cognitive disabilities, partner for 34 years to the love of my life that I am unable to marry legally in our state and adoptive mom to my very medically fragile 22 year old daughter - who lost many many critically needed Medicaid services just by turning 21, those words were balm to my soul. MichiganMomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-87866268610954121812013-01-22T09:01:24.461-08:002013-01-22T09:01:24.461-08:00I had the same reactions as you yesterday...watchi... I had the same reactions as you yesterday...watching Barack and Michelle be real human beings, like always. I have lived thru (miraculously) the terms of Reagan, Nixon, Bush(es)...and have never in my life been so proud of our President. Just when I thought all was lost...Barack Obama was elected in 2008 against all the bigoted, racist odds in this country. And I wept. And again yesterday, I wept, but maybe for diffferent reasons. Hope maybe. He's not perfect. He's human. And I love that the most. Akanniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00513632434353119491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-79217792163895990692013-01-22T09:00:25.463-08:002013-01-22T09:00:25.463-08:00Amen to every word here, and every word my preside...Amen to every word here, and every word my president spoke from that inauguration podium.37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-24829488317539601752013-01-22T08:37:05.398-08:002013-01-22T08:37:05.398-08:00My heart swelled with pride many, many times yeste...My heart swelled with pride many, many times yesterday. 2008 was a notable time for me but 2013 was so much better. It proves that 2008 wasn't just a fluke!! As for my conservative friends and family? As far as I can tell, nothing changed. I spoke with a best friend and my sister. Neither had bothered to watch any of yesterday's historic offerings. So far, the only conservative I'm giving a nod to is Lamar Alexander and his intro speech.<br /><br />Best,<br />BonnieFrom the Kitchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00789641912016566894noreply@blogger.com