August 24, 2008
I am at the airport waiting at Gate 16 to go to Denver. It is 7:00 am in and everyone looks a little groggy, but not me!!!! There is a spring my step, smile on my face, and a hope in my heart! I could hardly sleep last night I was so excited. Attending the DNC is a dream come true within itself, but especially now!!! It is my hope that I learn a lot, see a lot, and do a lot this week. My prayer this leading up to this week has been, “God make me a sponge, I want to be a sponge!” I have a layover in Kansas City, Missouri and I’m sure I will have more to write about then.
I arrived in Kansas City, where I have a 2 hour layover, and I met several delegates. One delegate, a teacher, from Kansas City and while running for her delegate position she used the theme “A soldier’s momma for Obama”. Her son is currently serving in Iraq. We talked for a while and she shared with me thoughts on why she ran. She thought Senator Obama was what this country needed to get us back to where we need to be as a nation, economically, globally, and lastly overall. This was her first DNC as well and she was ready to as she put it, “Rock and Roll”! As we were talking an older lady wearing an Obama button was being wheeled in our direction. She was from Kansas City as well and she told us that she had been a delegate since 1968 (WOW) and was just as excited today as she was then. This election was important to her because she hoped to see change happen so that her grandchildren could live safely, get a good education and be able to afford it, and live in a better world in general. She said it was her part to make this world a better place than she found it! You could feel her energy.
Sitting next to me was a 19 year old delegate from the state of Kansas. He is the youngest delegate for his state, and he said he wanted to be a role model for his friends to get involved with politics. He thought that there would never be another election as historic as this one, with a woman and a African American man being key players, so he wanted to do his part to make sure change happened.
We board the flight, go through the usual instructions, and as we take off the pilot comes over the intercom and says, “Let’s get to Denver so that we can make history!”
After landing in Denver and being greeted by volunteers waving Obama 08/ welcome signs, I spotted several celebrities while waiting on my delegate from Tennessee.
Diana Sawyer…no makeup
Judge Mathis….Television Court Show
Spike Lee…..need I explain?
I am at the airport waiting at Gate 16 to go to Denver. It is 7:00 am in and everyone looks a little groggy, but not me!!!! There is a spring my step, smile on my face, and a hope in my heart! I could hardly sleep last night I was so excited. Attending the DNC is a dream come true within itself, but especially now!!! It is my hope that I learn a lot, see a lot, and do a lot this week. My prayer this leading up to this week has been, “God make me a sponge, I want to be a sponge!” I have a layover in Kansas City, Missouri and I’m sure I will have more to write about then.
I arrived in Kansas City, where I have a 2 hour layover, and I met several delegates. One delegate, a teacher, from Kansas City and while running for her delegate position she used the theme “A soldier’s momma for Obama”. Her son is currently serving in Iraq. We talked for a while and she shared with me thoughts on why she ran. She thought Senator Obama was what this country needed to get us back to where we need to be as a nation, economically, globally, and lastly overall. This was her first DNC as well and she was ready to as she put it, “Rock and Roll”! As we were talking an older lady wearing an Obama button was being wheeled in our direction. She was from Kansas City as well and she told us that she had been a delegate since 1968 (WOW) and was just as excited today as she was then. This election was important to her because she hoped to see change happen so that her grandchildren could live safely, get a good education and be able to afford it, and live in a better world in general. She said it was her part to make this world a better place than she found it! You could feel her energy.
Sitting next to me was a 19 year old delegate from the state of Kansas. He is the youngest delegate for his state, and he said he wanted to be a role model for his friends to get involved with politics. He thought that there would never be another election as historic as this one, with a woman and a African American man being key players, so he wanted to do his part to make sure change happened.
We board the flight, go through the usual instructions, and as we take off the pilot comes over the intercom and says, “Let’s get to Denver so that we can make history!”
After landing in Denver and being greeted by volunteers waving Obama 08/ welcome signs, I spotted several celebrities while waiting on my delegate from Tennessee.
Diana Sawyer…no makeup
Judge Mathis….Television Court Show
Spike Lee…..need I explain?
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