MLK & Inauguration Day

I don’t know about you, but yesterday I was glued to the TV, watching as Barack Obama became the first African-American President of the United States. Yes, it’s been a long time coming.

I kept my tissues handy. I alternately cheered and cried, soon earning myself a baleful stare from my trying-to-snooze cat. I was moved by the power of Obama’s speech — not only the words themselves, but by the strength of their delivery and the hope undergirding it, like a new foundation bolstering an old, decay