I sobbed all day

[Mike 03]

I sobbed in happiness for the fact that my parents, who fought so hard to see a day like this, lived to see it.

I sobbed because my new President has restored the meaning of what it meant to me to be a citizen of the United States of America.

I sobbed because good human beings--ethical, kind, compassionate, humble--were put in positions of power, which they have deserved for decades and decades.

I sobbed because I saw so many others crying in happiness. There was a sense of relief or reckoning or release, from the horror of the past eight years.

I also sobbed for the people who did not live to see this day, like someone close to me who HATED the war in Iraq and wrote about it constantly. She died too early see this day. So did Kurt Vonnegut, Hunter S. Thompson, and numerous others I can't even think of.

And like a number of precious DU'ers who just didn't make it for one reason or another. That fact makes my heart so heavy.

What a fantastic, incredible day this is, but oh how bittersweet.

And it's nice to come through this nightmare to this wonderful moment in history with you, DU, who have helped me and everyone else navigate the disappointment and horror of these past years. I'm not sure what I would have done without you.

Thanks.

[Siwsan]

1. Wish I could have seen it!

I spent the day in the ER with my 91 year old aunt. My niece, and I, sat out in the cold car, in a freezing parking lot, to listen to the oath of office. Fortunately, I set my vcr, before I left the house.

My aunt is home, now, and doing fine. I'm catching up on my crying for joy, via video tape.

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2. Good luck to your Aunt -good luck

and I had tears in my eyes all day. My life has goon to shit in the last eight years and it is Not a coincident. I have a little hope for the first time in years.