when i first saw that he won, i was STUNNED. speechless. i called the girls in and they read the screen and screamed. i wanted to run outside and dance and shout like it was NYE. that's what it felt like. NYE. but we didn't go outside, my area is quiet and dark. but if i lived in philly, it would've been on.

after it really sunk in, i cried. i mean i cried and prayed and cried and prayed. and my children couldn't believe that it affected me like it did. i tried my best to explain to them the magnitude and explain that we are not all that far removed from our parent's & grandparent's struggles. i told them to go look at their pop pop's yearbook from 1964 so they could see the 'white's only' signs. unlike me, they didn't grow up with their uncles stories of marches and demonstrations in the 60's nor their older cousin's accounts of the race riots in the mid 70's, nor how the church refused to marry an inter-racial couple in the late 70's. the sad thing is, my uncles, cousins, and mom are not alive to see this.

i understand. memories of history keep coming at me in waves as i think about what happened yesterday, and i couldn't stop crying with joy at the magnitude of it all. here's my blog on it. caution: y'all know i'm long winded.

http://glory-i-am.blogspot.com/2008/11/resolution-revolution.html

I was on a bus on the way to an election night party when I got the news. At first, I didn't really have a reatcion. A few minutes later, after I got off the bus, I started realizing that before that moment, I had never really considered what it would be like if Obama won. I'd always known it was a possibility, but without realizing it, I had not really allowed myself to think past Tuesday.

As I was walking towards the party realizing that this was real, a goofy grin started forming on my face. At some point, I passed a white guy who had a similar goofy grin. We looked at eachother and for a moment, it seemed like we both wanted to say something but couldn't find the words, then the moment was gone and I was past him.

The amount of joy I encountered at that party and afterwards as I was walking home, from people of all races, was astounding.

I knew it was going to happen when he was up against Hillary. (and I believe I posted this before during the first round when Hilary won Pennsylvania...I still knew he was going to be prez).

For me, there were clues in the media, so i wasn't surprised and I didn't watch the results either.