Moments...

Just a warning, today's entry is kinda serious...

Today was a day that will go down in the history books. Today is a day that we all can tell our kids, grandkids, etc. that we were a part of. Today we watched the inauguration of President Barack Obama live at school. And this is when I realized that we all have a part in history.

I shared this with my class today...

I told them that I hoped that each and every one of them would realize how special today is in our nation's history. I don't care if you are democrat, republican, or something else, it is still history. There are very few days in your lifetime that will have such an impact on history and that will be remembered in such a way.

I told my students that many of them could ask their parents or grandparents where they were the day that Kennedy was shot and they could tell you exactly where they were and how they felt. I also mentioned 9/11. Many of the students in my class were 4 or 5 when that momentous day occurred, so they know that it happened and they have a memory of it (vaguely) but many of them don't share the emotions that so many of us do. I remember when 9/11 happened that I was in college and it was a Tuesday. I did not have class until 9:30 that day. I was sleeping and my roommates came and woke me up and told me that a plane had crashed into the World Trade Center. To be totally honest, I didn't believe her. I brushed it off and went back to sleep. I then later realized that it was real. I remember the emotions that I felt that day, anger, bitterness, confusion, etc.

In our lifetimes there are very few days that we have the opportunity to experience events that will later be in the pages of the history books. So as I told my students, I hope that you take the opportunity and cherish every minute of today and allow yourself to feel whatever it is that you feel.

I also hope that you don't just remember to say a prayer for our nation and it's leadership today, but everyday. I will tell you, being President is not a job that I will be campaigning for anytime soon (and by anytime soon I mean never)!!!!!!!!!!!