Dolores' Story

By Dolores R.

It all started the morning of the election when I went to go cast my ballot. In my lifetime of voting, I have never felt so nervous and so excited to go vote. I made sure my ballot went all the way inside the box until it was secured. I left proud with my head held high back on my way to work.

I couldn't stand it! I wanted my work day just to be over, so that I could go home and watch the election. All day long, my sister and I e-mailed each other, in hopes of any news. I wore my Obama/Biden buttons proudly to work, and at the restaurant where I went to eat lunch. I made a few phone calls to make sure everyone I knew went to vote. I talked to a few of my co-workers, and convinced a couple of undecided ones to vote for Obama, and my work for the day was done. I went home, turned on the tv, while others in our community attended local parties or had them at home. My sister and I texted each other back and forth as we began to see early on that Mr. Obama was aready close to winning. On my last text to her at 8:02 pm, as my family and I sat around the tv, we stood there in shock, and amazement to see that Mr. Obama was now the 44th President! We jumped and screamed and hugged each other. We were so excited and proud to see that America finally united and made the right decision to elect this man!

I've always been proud to be an American, but on that day, I was was proud that MOST of America saw beyond color, religion, and race. The the speech that Mr. McCain gave was exceptional, and I almost felt sorry for Gov. Palin because she looked like she was ready to cry when she wasn't aloud to speak that night. But the greatest moment was when now, President Obama stood there in front of thousands of people at Grant Park and gave his acceptance speech. The tears of Reverend Jesse Jackson and all the others in the crowd was so emotional. I cried, and I said......."GOD BLESS AMERICA!"