i have not written in a while
i felt inspired to today however
on our way to school earlier this week m and i were listening to NPR as we always do. she occasionally blurts out "hey they said barack obama!" or some other name or word she recognizes (sometimes it's a name like "kelly" or a word like "bridge") on this particular morning she noted that trump's name kept coming up but that hillary clinton's didn't anymore. i reminded her that it was because trump was about to become president and clinton was not. i told her how much we would miss obama and she said :
"what's his sister name again?"
"no tiene hermana," i answered
"no, the mom, the mom"
"su esposa? se llama michele obama"
"yeah, michelle obama. maybe she can be the presidenta when donald trump is done"
i love that she:
1. didn't know the word president in english
2. has no reservation about the possibility of a woman becoming president
3. can so easily be optimistic and can literally, along with her brother, lift my spirits instantaneously
lets let all the little lights in our life shine, shine shine and lead us through these darker times
1 comment:
well put vanwomen.
fortunately we have a myriad of little lights to illuminate this immense shadow
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