7 Days

Its seven days away and I am still overwhelmed with disbelief and joy every time I think about it. A black man will be President of the United States of America.

We did it! The smart, open minded, rational people won. We beat the racist, hate mongering, anti-intellectual fools. I know these things have been said before but I think we should constantly remind ourselves that we changed the country; or maybe showed the world what America really is. I'm still shocked, I didn't see it coming.

Don't ever forget or gloss over how big of a deal this is. To many in this country the phrase "anything is possible" has always been true and always seemed to make sense. But to black people, the phrase was incomplete. For many (really most) of us, the thought process was more along the lines of "anything is possible, for them". But that changed on Nov. 4th 2008. I know racism is still alive and well, but Obama shattered the concrete ceiling (it wasn't a glass ceiling because you can see through those) and now all the pie in the sky, you can do anything, reach for the stars corny shit doesn't seem so silly any more. Even if you're skin is black. It's still hard for me to say it but I guess its true... Anything is possible, for all of us.