Comments on: January 20, 2009 http://johnrlong.com/2009/01/20/january-20-2009/ I just blather on and on about stuff that interests me, mostly politics and sex and sometimes movies and art. Sun, 19 Jun 2011 14:42:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1 By: RebL http://johnrlong.com/2009/01/20/january-20-2009/#comment-609 Wed, 21 Jan 2009 02:40:47 +0000 http://www.johnrlong.com/?p=1408#comment-609 Both your children watched the day’s events at school. I did my best to be in the moment. It feels great!

Oh, and I sobbed. I bawled my eyes out. I was a total blubbering baby. It wasn’t about President Obama’s “otherness” but rather his ability to inspire a crowd of more than a MILLION people to assemble peacefully with joy in their hearts and hope for a brighter day. I’ll end there to avoid subblogage. Just know that your grandchildren understand, to the extent of their abilities, the gravity of today’s events.

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