A New Dawn

"President-elect Barack Hussein Obama..." Frankly, I'm still in such a state of euphoria every time I hear a variation of those words, I don't know what to write. It's my guess that it will be several more days before I'll be able to put my thoughts and emotions into some sort of coherent prose.

Suffice it to say that I can once again feel proud of America. I've dreamed of this day since I first saw the young Senator from Illinois speak at the DNC four years ago. That this dream has come to pass seems somehow like a miracle, yet, at the same time, like an inevitable event whose time had most certainly come.

God bless Barack Obama for giving us hope once again, for allowing us to dare to envision a new dawn for our reeling nation. That's all I've got for now - time to cry tears of joy and pride a little while longer...