What can you say?

These thoughts are a bit jumbled together, but they are all I can muster right now.  More structured posts will come later.

As I sit here watching President Barack Obama’s acceptance speech for the second time, I can say that I have never been more proud to be a young person, to be a Chicago citizen, but most importantly, to be an American Citizen.  Few events have been more symbolic of what America stands for and what America can be to it’s citizens than the events of tonight.

Congratulations America, you have grown a lot.

I have not lived long, but cannot help but think that today is the first day of the next era of my life.  Barack Obama being elected president will not have a dramatic change on what kind of job I get, how much money I make, or how I can support my family.  It will, however, change the lives of millions of people around me.  As CNN analyst Roland Martin, who is African-American, said, blacks across the country can say to their children “yes, you can be President”, and actually mean it.

I will write many posts on this subject, many of which will contain clichés and tired old patriotism.  But I will mean every word of it.  Today was a big loss to the people who hate our freedom and our will to live.  It was a victory for all who love this great country, whether they realize or not.