Sign of The Times
Noting that among all the McCain/Palin signs in the neighborhood there were a few Obama/Biden signs, Jim and Amanda decided to have an election party for the Democratic “yardsigners.” What a great idea! An opportunity to meet some of our like-minded neighbors, having wine and cheese, while sharing our thoughts and hopes as the election results reshaped the US electoral map.
She will sit and stare at charts on CNN.
(But aren’t we redeemed by what they cannot show?
The struggle in each restless heart to know
The terms on which the nation’s fate depends.)
She will think how, at last, millions have spoken as one,
That freedom requires an open mind and hand,
And the strength to be forgiven and understand,
And that tomorrow morning it has all just begun.
— From “Election Day,” by J. D. McClatchy
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