I never dreamed during the last election that all three generations of my family (myself, my daughter, my granddaughter) would all vote our conscience, voting on issues, and  yet vote for the same man; after all we are so different from one another in every way. 

Since that day I have noticed that the newscasters speak of this

election as a "special moment in history."  

No doubt that tomorrow is a day that many young folks will remember their entire lives, inferring that skin color was the end all and be all, of what is needed to turn this nation around. For me, that was never the issue (maybe it was an issue for those that voted against him.)  Examining tomorrow only by the light that falls upon a persons skin is demeaning, and ignores the complex problems that face any Presidential candidate. 

I voted for our new President because of the way that he promised to handle the problems that plague this nation; he was articulate and impassioned. I understand that my ideas about what troubles this nation may not be exactly the same as yours, my friend. I hope that one of the folks that read the headlines on television will remember that if America was only looking for vote for someone whose skin color might set things right, it would have to be someone who

was an Aboriginal American; but it is several hundred years too late for any such acts of such superficial consideration by a political party, or government agency.  

I know that whatever we are on the exterior, this reflection of our

DNA that we have no control over, is not what matters most, it is our hearts desires that will drive us to acts (large and small) of honor, justice, and greatness, towards others. 

I am confident that someday we will have a President whose

ancestry dates back a thousand years, but hopefully, that will not be the

reason why this future President is elected, either; it will remain an election

based on issues....

For now, I will take pleasure in the moment, tomorrow, when President Lincoln's Bible is produced for our newest President to rest his hand upon. For me it will represent not only his promise to honor the votes that were cast by three generations of my family, and hope for America, for all of us, and for the generations, yet unborn.