This is merely.. an observation. It is in no way a rant, or a vent about anyone personal in my life.
It's just a feeling.. and observation.. about myself, and disappointment.
As we know, President Obama is leaving office on Friday.
I'm extremely saddened about this. Not only because I think that President Obama has been an excellent president, who has done wonderful work for the United States, and around the world, but also because of the person who will be taking over for him, Donald Trump., and how detrimental I believe he will be as the President of The United States.
On the night President Obama was elected.. I cried from happiness.. as did my late mother.
We were.. elated that the United States had moved forward, to be able to elect an African American president.
My mom remembered how she watched Dr Martin Luther King's "I Have A Dream" Speech
In August 1963.
At the time of President Obama's election, my mom said to me.
"Mitch, considering all of the racism against African American that I have seen during my lifetime, the idea of electing an African American President was not even conceivable.
As those who have seen my posts are aware, President Obama's term in office has been an extremely difficult and tragic time in my life. I've experienced the illness and death of my mom, nearly passed away myself on multiple occasions due to seizures, the year long depression I had after my mom's passing, my difficult time at Aflac, and being forced to leave the company, my difficult job search, and later seizures in recent times, which caused my hospitalization.
On the day President Obama took office on January 20, 2009.. I watched him be sworn into office, heard his address on that day, and thought to myself. "Wow, we finally have an African American president, I'm going to enjoy this. I can't wait to see what he will do for our country".
On Friday at noon, it will be all over.
I feel like President Obama's time in office has passed almost in the blink of an eye, and I feel like.. I didn't savor and enjoy it nearly as much as I should have.
I don't mean, of course, that I never followed the president in the eight years he's been in office. I've tried to watch his State of The Union speeches, and the work that he's done.
I know that if it is the case that I didn't follow the president as much as I maybe should have, part of the responsibility is on me. Part of it, however, has been circumstance, and the tragic personal setbacks I've experienced.
Such is why I'm so sorry that Hillary Clinton was not elected president.
When Bill Clinton was in office.. he was really the first president who I paid attention to very closely. Until Bill Clinton took office, it seemed to me that the president was just some man of advanced age, who was not interesting for me to follow.
That all changed when Bill Clinton took office. I was in my senior year of college when Bill Clinton took office. I can remember my friends turning on the TV to watch his speeches. Even after I graduated from college, if I was home, the TV was near, and President Clinton had something to say, I was listening.
I know that I can and will read about President Obama in the history books.. I'm sure that I will buy his memoirs and other biographies about him after he leaves office.
I guess my thoughts are.. I'm sorry that President Obama is leaving. I wish I had been able to savor this time. All I can do is to look back, and remember the things that I did follow the president for. The events that I did not pay closer attention to, I will read about in the history books.
It's just a feeling.. and observation.. about myself, and disappointment.
As we know, President Obama is leaving office on Friday.
I'm extremely saddened about this. Not only because I think that President Obama has been an excellent president, who has done wonderful work for the United States, and around the world, but also because of the person who will be taking over for him, Donald Trump., and how detrimental I believe he will be as the President of The United States.
On the night President Obama was elected.. I cried from happiness.. as did my late mother.
We were.. elated that the United States had moved forward, to be able to elect an African American president.
My mom remembered how she watched Dr Martin Luther King's "I Have A Dream" Speech
In August 1963.
At the time of President Obama's election, my mom said to me.
"Mitch, considering all of the racism against African American that I have seen during my lifetime, the idea of electing an African American President was not even conceivable.
As those who have seen my posts are aware, President Obama's term in office has been an extremely difficult and tragic time in my life. I've experienced the illness and death of my mom, nearly passed away myself on multiple occasions due to seizures, the year long depression I had after my mom's passing, my difficult time at Aflac, and being forced to leave the company, my difficult job search, and later seizures in recent times, which caused my hospitalization.
On the day President Obama took office on January 20, 2009.. I watched him be sworn into office, heard his address on that day, and thought to myself. "Wow, we finally have an African American president, I'm going to enjoy this. I can't wait to see what he will do for our country".
On Friday at noon, it will be all over.
I feel like President Obama's time in office has passed almost in the blink of an eye, and I feel like.. I didn't savor and enjoy it nearly as much as I should have.
I don't mean, of course, that I never followed the president in the eight years he's been in office. I've tried to watch his State of The Union speeches, and the work that he's done.
I know that if it is the case that I didn't follow the president as much as I maybe should have, part of the responsibility is on me. Part of it, however, has been circumstance, and the tragic personal setbacks I've experienced.
Such is why I'm so sorry that Hillary Clinton was not elected president.
When Bill Clinton was in office.. he was really the first president who I paid attention to very closely. Until Bill Clinton took office, it seemed to me that the president was just some man of advanced age, who was not interesting for me to follow.
That all changed when Bill Clinton took office. I was in my senior year of college when Bill Clinton took office. I can remember my friends turning on the TV to watch his speeches. Even after I graduated from college, if I was home, the TV was near, and President Clinton had something to say, I was listening.
I know that I can and will read about President Obama in the history books.. I'm sure that I will buy his memoirs and other biographies about him after he leaves office.
I guess my thoughts are.. I'm sorry that President Obama is leaving. I wish I had been able to savor this time. All I can do is to look back, and remember the things that I did follow the president for. The events that I did not pay closer attention to, I will read about in the history books.
