We have a Black President! This is what I want to scream in line at the grocery store. But I don't. Instead I field all the smiles and greetings from people who three days earlier would avoid eye contact with me or put hands on their purse when I walked past.
Since I've gone on Facebook, I have communicated with people I haven't spoken with in 20 years and met with people from overseas I thought I'd never see again. What a great tool! I am also closer (in Web proximity) to people who would never speak to me in a million years. It makes me think that six degrees of separation is actually a reality.
The children start school on Monday. Three of them: 3rd grade, 1st grade, and Kindergarten. The fourth still has his hand in my shirt but I'm kicking him off to preschool in September. Everyone I talk to (every adult) says this time goes by quickly. I agree with that because I looked up one day and realized I hadn't bought diapers in six months.