Hope at the end of the Tunnel

This has started out as a rough day. First of all I feel awful since I cought whatever Emma had and can barely swallow or talk for that matter. During one of my coughing fits this morning I knocked down my hot tea which spilled all over the suade chair and me. I had to completely change my entire outfit as it was tea stained. The only good thing was that the tea had cooled off enought that I did not burn myself. Emma is recently refusing to put on a bib so that was a struggle. I let her cry with the bib on until she calmed herself down and ate with it on. I didn't have the energy to argue and she learned it must stay on. She really loved picking the red currents off the little vines and by leaving them on the vines I got her to eat like a 1/3rd of the container. She had little milk tough but at least she ate the currents and some yeast bread. So maybe her apetite will come back.
So I finally struggled with changing Emma's diaper (She has been fighting that too) and got her dressed, put her in the car, turned the key and all I hear is click click click....You can probably image what went through my head...I eventually called AAA and they came out ca. 45 minutes later. So I got Emma to darecare just in time for Jumpbunch which is this athletic program that keeps the kids in shape during the winter months and that Emma likes. I got to work late but at least we are not too busy and it didn't matter too much. So the day started out rough but now the hope...
We just came back from watching Obama's swear in ceremony to be the 44th President of the United States. I have got to say that I felt really proud watching this happen live on TV. In August, we became citizens and the first election we got to vote in was to vote for the first black president...pretty powerful really. I hope my daughter will some day realize what a significance the first election of her life was. Maybe it will be better that her generation won't know what a big deal it was because when they are old enough to vote most of the barriers our generation endured would have been broken down...
I will leave you with a quote from Obama. “Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off and begin again the work of remaking America,” "On this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord,"
Lets really hope that positive change is coming because God knows we can really use it....