well, i cried…

…and i’m still crying. my grandma was amazed, thrilled, thankful and elated. we talked about how fortunate we are that she’s still around to see this. having lived through the lynchings in kentucky, seeing her children arrested in the civil rights movement, getting the right to vote and so forth. in her time you didn’t kid your children with the idea of their becoming president. you were lucky to become a teacher or maybe a doctor if you had a lot of money but being president wasn’t even conceivable. yet-here-we-are! we talked about my grandfather, reverend e.b. dunbar and how we wished he was here to see this. my uncle edward and my best friend roger, all passed on and to know they would have been so thrilled. i feel truly humble and thankful that america has a second chance with such a complete 180 from what we have experienced in the past and i’m even more thankful still that i can look out in the world, in my america and see a roll model that every african american kid can look to and know that there is always hope! a new door has opened for the next generation and they will be so much more than we are!