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Name:Becca
Location:UWS, Manhattan
Just your average Conservadox Jewish, Depeche Mode loving, career changing, former rap music selling, K-12 tech-integrating, single gal in the city.
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- barbara: This is a beautiful tribute to your Dad. I am so sorry for your loss.
- Elena: What a beautiful tribute to your father, Becca. I see a few similarities to my father--our fathers are such a part of who we were and who we are, and what we pass on to the next generation. May he rest in peace.
- Becca: Thank you all for your kind words. I could have gone on for pages and I kept remembering new things today, my first day back at work. My father was an amazing person and I could only convey a portion of that. It is a trite thing to say but it's impossible to believe he's not here. Thank you for helping to ease that pain.
- Tami: "It’s hard to boil down lessons I learned from my father and his life. I’d say they were: fight for what you believe in, root for the home team, be loyal to your friends, love your family, and never let a good (or bad) joke remain unsaid." This is you to a T! He is one proud papa. I love you.
- Melanie: Oh, Becca, I'm so sorry. For what it's worth, I think you've done him proud here. This is lovely.
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Wonderful!
That picture makes me happy.
I couldn’t help thinking that as Obama walked out of the Capitol to be sworn in, he looked as if he was thinking, “I should’ve pushed for a recount.â€
But when he stepped up to the microphones to deliver his address, he was Barack Obama again.
Is it possible to have a crush on a whole family? ‘Cause I LOVE the Obamas!
Yeah, baby!
Excellent song choice, too. I’m partial to the Richie Havens version, but any version of that song is perfect for this event.
Excellent. That poster makes me smile. I wanted to buy it, until I saw the price tag.
Ah well, I’ll be happy with my button.
It makes me feel happy and smile as well. But it also moves me, it really does.
And I also love the Obamas. I want to hug them collectively. I also want to hug our nation, I hope that’s OK with you all.
Oh, and I love the Beatles version best but, of course, the Beatles aren’t licensed for streaming and this version was just lovely.
I get wanting to hug our nation, and it is OK with me that you want to, but I can’t quite feel it myself.
I remember thinking the day after the election: We’re so busy patting ourselves on the back for electing a black man that we’re in danger of dislocating our national shoulder, but on the same day California passed Prop 8, and three other states passed measures hostile to gay rights and marriage equality.
We elected a black man. High time, and I’m glad for both the symbolic step forward and the Obama victory. But as a nation we still have a lot of progress to make, and a lot of bigotry to undo.
Our first president of color.
Did any of us ever imagine that president would be ivory, blue and red? I think not.
Way to harsh my mellow, Alex! 😛
I wonder how the color blind saw that poster, Sarp.
If that’s what the President actually looks like, I think I need to call my cable company.
Sorry to bring you down, Becca.