overwhelmed.

one more week. and things aren’t going to get any less emotional. especially after reading the huff po article today on assassination plans.

my mama sent me an email a little bit ago on how she was affected by the kennedy assassination. she was only eleven when it happened:

Don’t remember much about the Kennedy era, except for when he got murdered. And I suppose my parents did not vote for him! But I do remember when he was killed there was a great sense of loss of hope! Who would have conveyed that to me I am not sure - watching TV perhaps.

chaely sums it up nicely:

The other night I was listening to a speech Barack gave and it dawned on me that what I was feeling - an almost overwhelming sense of excitement and longing and maybe even a little helplessness - was exactly what our parents and grandparents were feeling in the 60’s when Kennedy spoke. He’s more than just a candidate, he’s an inspiration and a role model for how to be a good man, a good father & a good citizen.

I predict that the Obama art won’t get packed away anytime soon. Win or lose, he has inspired the entire country to be a little bit better. He’s iconic.