I lost myself in our President elect's speech tonight. I lost myself in tears and hope and joy. I forgot where I was for a moment in time. When Barack Obama was finished speaking and after he left the stage, my siberian husky (who had been sitting on the couch with me throughout the speech) moved a little bit, and I realized then that I had left my living room during that speech. So, I stopped to look around.. wanting to savor the moment.
When I looked around, I saw an empty living room. I realized then that I had just experienced one of the most important moments in our nation's history without my husband. But, this realization did not make me sad. This realization made me even more filled with hope for the future of our country. This realization gave me an even more profound understanding of the significance of this election.. and the significance of having a President whose judgement I can trust and whose leadership I can be inspired by.
Tonight I experienced one of the most important moments in our nation's history while my husband slept in his bed thousands of miles away in a border fort on the Iraqi/Syrian border. And, tonight.. for the first time in a long, long time.. I cried tears of joy.
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I thought of you and of your hubby and tears flowed (continued to flow? flowed even more?) when he said, "and the men and women waking up in the deserts of Iraq". Thank God.
I thought... Michael will wake up knowing he will soon have a president that will make decisions based on what is good for our military..
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