Hey y’all.......
Sorry for the delay. Brooke has been a little under the weather and I am just now catching up.
Well, the election is over, finally. I am so excited to see the election posters around town coming down and to see the end of the ads on TV. Wouldn’t you know we are having a run off for the senate here in Georgia come December and so we will have to endure a few more weeks of two men, who interestingly enough are fraternity brothers, slam each other into submission.
This is, obviously, not a political blog but because of the magnitude of this presidential election I would like to at least comment.
Do y’all feel like it was a huge day for the conscience of our country? Can we recognize how significant this is?
The civil rights battle started practically yesterday in historical terms and to have an African American appointed by election into the highest office in the free world is huge. I was really moved by the speeches the two men gave on election night. Senator Obama in his acceptance speech probably had a more somber tone than people had expected, but the state of our nation demands a level stance. Senator McCain was gracious in defeat and showed what makes him an American hero in his offer and insistence that the two parties work together and right the ship that is the greatest country in the world.
Of course I saved several newspapers for Jack and I hope that in his lifetime it will seem silly that this was ever a big deal in the first place. It seems so foreign to me that at one time women couldn’t vote, African Americans had separate restrooms and Japanese Americans were held in detention camps.
Well, times change and people do too, thank God.
Bobby and I have been filming with mom for the past few weeks and I wanted to share this photo with y’all. The man on the left is the best baseball player on the planet, Albert Puljos and the other guy is a local newsman, Sonny Dixon. Albert is the nicest, down to earth, community minded athlete I have ever met. A truly super guy and not only an excellent role model for kids but for me as well. Sonny is a long time Savannah guy and not too bad in spite of the fact that he is a gator. Yeah, yeah, I hear you gator fans out there.
I had a flat tire on the way to the game Saturday and should have just turned myself around right then. Just wait till next year!
Thanks for checking back y’all, go do good things
-jamie
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