One of my many thoughts on Obama's Win last night

[Ava]

obama's story really hit home with me last night especially. my younger cousin is about the same age i was during the 2000 election and has been keeping up with this election. i love him to death and he calls me 'his' "ava lou". we're close with our family, so i see him often.

he's also biracial and is being raised by his single white mother. sound familiar? he gets picked on at school because of his being biracial.. not just by white kids but black kids too. the past year or two he has started to realize it, since he's started to have friends(in the south, especially white kids) who treat him differently, or little "girlfriends" that suddenly wouldn't talk to him anymore because of something their parents said. he's in a very small alabama town, and he hasn't had it easy as a kid. his mom hasn't had it easy either. she loves him to death, and it hurts her to see how some people look at him.

last night she cried, my mom cried, i cried.. zach slept since it was past his bedtime, lol.. but he was so excited about this election. i think he sees part of himself in obama and obama's story.

today really does mark the beginning of a new america, where the american promise isn't a false promise. anyone, with hard work and determination can become the leader of this now greater nation. in the past, desegregation has happened by force.. by supreme court rulings and national guard members having to escort a black student to class on a university campus. last night though, the people made it clear that we as a nation no longer are that same country that had to be forced into racial tolerance. we a new country... we are a better country.

YES WE DID!

[Ava]

1. bump

[Duppers]

2. Wow! Ava, how beautiful and touching!

My heart goes out to your young cousin Zach. Last night certainly gives him more hope of being treated much better, if not in AL, then in other parts of the country.

I did not know about Zach until tonight. What a family you have! No wonder compassion runs deep in it.

Obama's election means so much to so many, but especially Zach and for others like him.

I cried again tonight, after watching clips of Obama's speech being replayed. My hubby was crying when I walked into the room to watch w/him. People who are not touched by this historic election are...well, heartless.




Hope ... for us all.

[Ava]

3. thank you

i talked to him today.. and he was so excited! it really does put last night's victory into a historic perspective.

[Danger Mouse]

4. Ava, you're a credit to our cause.

So how did it feel to vote for Obama?

[Ava]

6. it felt amazing!

what an awesome first vote!!

and thank you

[Danger Mouse]

8. lucky!

my first vote was for Gore.
blech.

[Ava]

10. did your vote get counted then?

[QueenOfCalifornia]

14. I am jealous

of your youth Ava!

Your future became much brighter because of Obama.

[Ava]

15. it really has!

[Richard Steele]

5. Very cool. K&R

[Ava]

7. he's an awesome kid.. i'm so glad he's been keeping up with the election

[Swamp Rat]

9. Ava!

Many of us in New Orleans are multi-racial. He'd fit right in.

[Ava]

11. not to mention that new orleans rocks!

[QueenOfCalifornia]

12. Ava

You have made such a big ripple in the pond of Americas heart. I want to hug you!

I just sent a link to this OP to a lot of people who know you through your friendship with our friend Cindy Sheehan.

You are an angel Ava!

[Ava]

16. thanks Gilligan

[MarjorieG]

13. Party allegiance new or not there. We start now to fix problems without color-coding.

[proud2BlibKansan]

17. So many neat stories

I saw a lot of excited kids at school Wed morning.

[democracy1st]

18. thanks Ava great job you'll go down in history as the lil girl from Alabama who was Dem