tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16743003.post8031717012612587017..comments2024-03-28T01:06:38.596-07:00Comments on Maya Reynolds: I CriedMaya Reynoldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12791278987339976101noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16743003.post-49654604510803471522009-01-22T05:07:00.001-08:002009-01-22T05:07:00.001-08:00I thought that this was important enough to replay...I thought that this was important enough to replay on the internet for my 7 year old daughter and 5 year old son. I don't think they understood the impact of it but hopefully they will look back and remember when they can truly understand. The new president has given me hope for a better life for my children. My daughter was originally for McCain/Palin basically because she did not really understand the issues and Palin was a girl. Let's face it, you really don't want to explain most of the issues to a 7 year old. However, since they did not win and there has not been a woman in charge, her new ambition is to become the first woman president. My five year old son has always been an Obama follower. I don't know if it is because Obama is a boy or because his name is so much fun to say, but I am pleased as a parent that race never entered their minds. I was also pretty emotional however working among Bush followers and Republicans I had to wait until I got home to see the oath and speech on the internet. The sun seems to be brighter since he took office and I have so much hope for our country now.<BR/><BR/>MinksMinkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16198783835293585070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16743003.post-14137279203270740182009-01-22T05:07:00.000-08:002009-01-22T05:07:00.000-08:00I thought that this was important enough to replay...I thought that this was important enough to replay on the internet for my 7 year old daughter and 5 year old son. I don't think they understood the impact of it but hopefully they will look back and remember when they can truly understand. The new president has given me hope for a better life for my children. My daughter was originally for McCain/Palin basically because she did not really understand the issues and Palin was a girl. Let's face it, you really don't want to explain most of the issues to a 7 year old. However, since they did not win and there has not been a woman in charge, her new ambition is to become the first woman president. My five year old son has always been an Obama follower. I don't know if it is because Obama is a boy or because his name is so much fun to say, but I am pleased as a parent that race never entered their minds. I was also pretty emotional however working among Bush followers and Republicans I had to wait until I got home to see the oath and speech on the internet. The sun seems to be brighter since he took office and I have so much hope for our country now.<BR/><BR/>MinksMinkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16198783835293585070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16743003.post-41192818241940217612009-01-21T06:58:00.000-08:002009-01-21T06:58:00.000-08:00A great speech. I hope the sentiment takes root - ...A great speech. I hope the sentiment takes root - on both sides of the pondMike Keytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15116528233058221536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16743003.post-43187425614848131122009-01-21T06:26:00.000-08:002009-01-21T06:26:00.000-08:00Amen, and Amen!Amen, and Amen!poetica in silentiumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06881374793984239361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16743003.post-11626471294807442602009-01-20T12:13:00.000-08:002009-01-20T12:13:00.000-08:00This is the part that got me crying:For us, they p...This is the part that got me crying:<BR/><BR/><I>For us, they packed up their few worldly possessions and traveled across oceans in search of a new life.<BR/><BR/>For us, they toiled in sweatshops and settled the West; endured the lash of the whip and plowed the hard earth.<BR/><BR/>For us, they fought and died, in places like Concord and Gettysburg; Normandy and Khe Sahn.<BR/><BR/>Time and again these men and women struggled and sacrificed and worked till their hands were raw so that we might live a better life. They saw America as bigger than the sum of our individual ambitions; greater than all the differences of birth or wealth or faction.</I><BR/><BR/>And then I sniffed my way through the rest of it.Gina Blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09100701844882701469noreply@blogger.com