The big day is finally here: The Inauguration of President-Elect Barack Obama... I can hear Wilson Pickett echo thru my conscience - "A Change Gon' Come". Well, I'm happy to report that it has come. Barack Obama will be sworn in and pleasantly seated in the Oval-Office today. This "wish-upon-star" style hope puts even Disney to shame. It is a dream come, fireworks will explode (behind the Washington monument that is), and viewers could nearly expect Tinkerbell to come fluttering in from behind the Washington Monument and dink her tink-wand on their television screens! The Exodus of 2009: It is cold as ever but thousand upon thousands flocked to witness history come true. I received a off colour text message yesterday making light of a blaring irony; it read, "Do you know why it's so cold outside? Because folks said it would be a cold day in hell before a black man becomes president!" I laughed with a sense of pride, joy, and most of all triumph. My chest sticks out at the sight of the Obama family. It is a beautiful thing. As those of us make our way to D.C. to confirm the reality of this dream with our own to eyes , let's be mindful that this is just the beginning. It's up to us to keep hope alive. Today is a new day for the world let alone America. We our in a position to rebuild our global reputation, the bridges between one another, honor our ancestors and much more.
