Bread Talk

Bread Talk
Originally uploaded by jamilevans

I'm not sure why, but this photo I took back in 2005 in Singapore is my most popular Flickr photo by far... over 250 views.

Oh What a Night!

Breaking News: Barack Obama Elected President of the United States of America!  

What a headline!  

We are overwhelmed with emotion... we are speechless.

We are hopeful... we are full.

We look each other in the eyes and see possibility for our future and our children's future that did not exist before this moment.

We are proud!

To honor the words of the late Martin Luther King, Jr...

"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character."

Oh What a Day!

Wow!  It seems like ages ago when Jamil and I attended an Obama fundraiser in May 2007 at H2O in DC.  I kinda of remembered him from the 2004 DNC, but when I saw Obama on Oprah I was hooked!  So, attending the fundraiser in '07 was the beginning of my journey in politics.  Instead of keeping a distance and playing the "I just don't know enough to talk about the candidates and issues" card, I started reading and talking and listening and one of my favorite things about this educational process has been sharing it with Jamil.  We have very similar views, but we also challenge each other to think about the issues and really figure out for ourselves what it is that we believe in.  

So, after this long, windy road, it only seemed fitting that we go to the polls together on this historical election day.  We woke up around 5am and walked to our polling place conveniently located at South Lakes High School right next to our neighborhood to find over 200 people already there!  We made bets with the woman in front of us on how long it would take to make it through... much to my delight I grossly overestimated with my 1hr 20 min as it only took me 35 minutes ones the doors opened... thank you to Precinct 244!