Reply #25: Hey you, what a pleasure to hear from you

[TayTay]

It's late in this election cycle and I'm starting to get tired. There are times when you think about cutting a corner here or there. I don't need to go to that house, they have a McCain/Palin sign in the yard. I can skip out on these last few phone calls, I think we mostly covered it. I need to go home and sleep and talk to my family and so forth. Who else, besides me, will know anyway?

Then I meet someone extraordinary who reminds me why I want to fight. These folks are not saints. J. is a ten-year old and was a wonderful bundle of ten-year old energy. He fidgeted and ran around the rally space and kind of drove his Mom a little crazy, like all good ten-year olds do. The best moment of the day was when the event was over and I overheard J.'s Mom ask him in that slightly exasperated voice that the Mom in me knows so well, "Are you done? Did you do everything you wanted to do? Can we go home now?" Imagine that. This young man had an agenda yesterday and his Mom was checking with him to make sure that he did accomplish what his heart told him he could that day. Wow!

You know, I really need to knock on the door of that last house with the McCain/Palin sign. You never know, maybe there is an Obama voter living there too. And maybe that last phone call should be made. Again, it might be decisive. Then I can say, "yeah, I'm ready to go home now. I did what I set out to do."

Thanks OC. It has been a remarkable journey, hasn't it.