Yes, We Can!!

OBAMA! If only my mother could have witnessed last night. Not that she and other angels were not there, but it would have been fun to have seen her excitement. She really wanted him to win.

Having grown up in Memphis during a time of almost total segregation (busing started in the fall of 1973) and having been called the "N" word at the University of Tennessee by whites, it is overwhelmingly comforting, joyful, humbling, sobering to know that this country is not only capable of but did in fact elect an African American to the highest rank in this country.

Our history of human abuse such as biological warfare with the native Americans and an inhumane slavery system gives me hope in our country and mankind. But more than just the warm and fussies of us "all getting along", there is a lot of work to be done. This will take the same kind of precision that was taken in capturing the Whitehouse. It will take the same kind of discipline and focus demonstrated by a well-oiled campaign machine. It will take the diplomacy that has been lacking in recent years during an era of 'entitlement'. Let's pray that over the next four years President Obama can continue, with consistency, the methodical and successful formula he has used to gain the office.