Election

As I write this, Lauren's playing a song off the Diamond Castle Barbie movie called 'Connected'. The refrain is 'I feel connected...and everything is going to be all right.'

I feel that way today, as I did last night, sitting on my couch, tears welling up as I listened to Obama's speech.

As he said, it's not a change, not yet; that's to be worked for over the coming years, but it's one hell of a start and a victory.

And then this morning, I sat with Lauren on that couch and told her about Rosa Parks to try and make her see what this meant. I don't know if it sank in, but I hope she remembers what happened on her eighth birthday, which was yesterday.

I will.

Birthdays!

Happy Birthday to sif_aka_joanna. I hope the day brings you every happiness and cake, of course.

::hugs::

And it's also the special day of one of my oldest friends here on LJ, whom I met on a Buffy newsgroup way before LJ and here we both are many years later, which is very cool and nifty indeed.

Happy Birthday yasminke! I hope you get to see this before the day's over where you are and I hope that the day was perfect in every way.

:;much love::

And it's Bonfire Night! Have some treacle toffee and a jacket potato for me, everyone in the UK. My parents always have a huge bonfire (hot enough to melt the many beer cans hurled onto it) and a party; love seeing the sparks fly upward into the night.