{"id":96,"date":"2008-11-05T17:13:05","date_gmt":"2008-11-06T01:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/providentiallife.wordpress.com\/?p=96"},"modified":"2008-11-05T17:13:05","modified_gmt":"2008-11-06T01:13:05","slug":"hope-for-the-hopeless-yes-there-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jenniepalluzzi.com\/blog\/hope-for-the-hopeless-yes-there-is\/","title":{"rendered":"Hope for the Hopeless? Yes, there is."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"obama_2\"<\/a>It was a momentous night last night. I was with a group of friends, enjoying our Obama cupcakes, and enjoying our new found hope…<\/p>\n

Yesterday seemed to be the longest day of my life. I kept listening to the Brett Dennen song, that asks, “Is there hope for the hopeless?” Well, I wasn’t hopeless, but I was sure nervous. I was focused entirely on good karma, positive thoughts, checking polls, checking polling problems, checking to see which places closed first. By the time four o’clock rolled around, I was a wreck. Here in CA, we got results early. So by 8 p.m. my time I knew that Barack Obama was our next President-elect. I am so proud. It seems that everyone is so proud.<\/p>\n

The first African-American in history to be President. The first person in my lifetime that truly has motivated people in a way I had seen unparalleled in my brief years. I am blessed to be so young on this day, so I can remember it for all my years to come, and tell my children, and my children’s children, where I was, what I was doing, and how I felt the night that Mr. President Barack Hussein Obama becamse the 44th president of the United States.<\/p>\n

I look forward to working, now, to get Prop 8 trashed and to get equality for everyone, gay or straight, black or white, or otherwise. I am also looking forward to a new four years and new USA and a new world, and a new outlook on life.<\/p>\n

Yes, we did.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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