Yes We Can!

The results are in - Barack Hussein Obama will be the 44th President of this great nation - from many, one. XuanThu and I will tell our children that we saw history being made, when this uniquely American son of a Kansan and a Kenyan gave lie to that old chestnut - that America was not "ready" for a Black President. Leave aside America, the world rejoices. Let us reclaim our shining city upon the hill from the forces of darkness and evil now resident in 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

I tear up - not when I see hear his acceptance speech live on TV, but when I replay that same speech in the quiet of our home. He looks somber, presidential. The road ahead is difficult and the sacrifices we will have to endure many, but, "Yes, we can."