On Our Nation

I want to make it clear to everyone out there reading this: I truly have mixed emotions about our most recent election. Make no mistake about it, I supported McCain/Palin, and I still wish they had won. But I want to also make a point about something that still weighs on my heart. I am honestly glad that we have come to a place in our country where we can elect a person of color as the president. In all truthfulness, I wondered many times as a child and teenager why all the presidents were white men, why no black man ever ran for president. And I can say with every fiber in my being that I am so happy to see that we elected somebody of color. I truly hope that now, once and for all, people can stop focusing on racism and we can really come together as one nation under God, no matter what our differences are. That being said, I must clarify one thing: I do not believe that BARAK HUSSEIN OBAMA is black. His mother is as white as me, and his father is (or was) a muslim radical from Kenya, and that does not imply that his father was a native of Kenya, it just means that's where he lived. And yet Mr. Obama claims to have made history as the first "black" president. Of course, that claim isn't true, which means that he resorted to using "race" falsely as a means to get a vote. I don't think any man should be elected as president if he can't first and foremost be HONEST!!
So, as I said, I have mixed feelings about the whole thing. I don't think he was the best choice for president, but I am truly so happy that we have finally come to the point as a nation of including all races in the race for the White House.

True Joy

I feel so happy right now.... I just posted the funniest video in the world. My son tried to catch a roach and put it in a gatorade bottle. I heard what he was trying to do so I grabbed the camera. I guess some people would be put off by something like that, but, for me, I'm just so happy to have my kids doing "normal" kid stuff, as goofy as that sounds. I'm just happy to have some regular drama. This very same son, three nights ago, opened up to Sal and I about the memories that still plague him from before they came to us. He remembered seeing his mother nearly choked to death by her boyfriend. He remembered being called names by this same man. He remembered hearing the sounds of his mother being beaten in the next room countless times. But most of all, he remembers being left at home alone, day after day after day, with his 11 year old sister, with no dinner, and no provisions for dinner, while they worked until well after dark. Today, I saw him smiling and happy and doing normal boy things, and it warmed my heart to no end. I thank God repeatedly for saving my son. After we had talked to Daniel and finally got him in bed, I suddenly heard the sound of soft sobbing. I went in the room, and found that it was Nick. He had heard Daniel talking and crying over these memories. His heart was broken over what his beloved big brother had endured. He climbed up into Daniel's bed and was just holding him and crying over and over, "It's just so terrible that you had to go through that. It's just so terrible!" Daniel and Nick forged a bond that night that I presume will never be broken.
Today, they caught a roach together.
I couldn't be happier.

HEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE!!!!!!!

I FINALLY got my old, newer computer back..... meaning I don't have to deal with that old dinosaur that Sal has insisted on keeping for no apparent reason, which in turn means that it's not taking me the usual 10 minutes just to get on this page!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm very excited to just be able to click and ..... WHOOSH.... it's ALREADY THERE!!!! This is so exciting, you know, technological advances and stuff; who would have believed back in the 90's that it would be possible to pull up hundreds of pictures and web sites without bogging your computer down so bad that it would freeze and you'd have to restart it?!?!? THIS IS SOOOOOOO COOL!!!!!!! I feel like a giddy teenager squealing over some new purchase or something novel and yet stupid like that.... I don't know. I'm just happy to have my computer back. A million thanks to Nate for fixing it for me!!