Today, I am thankful for HOPE.
This is one of several pictures Caleb has drawn of himself as the President of the United States. He believes that he can hold the highest office in the land.
Him. Caleb Cathey. A little boy born in Dallas, raised in Oak Cliff in home of modest means by middle class parents.
That little boy can see himself becoming the leader of free world.
On this day in 2008, America elected its first Black President. Regardless of your political preferences, the election of Barack Obama was significant in the ongoing evolution of our nation. His election represented the HOPE that our country was finally recognizing what little Black boys had always known – that they were as equipped and capable of holding any job as their non-Black counterparts, even the highest office in the land.
It’s not that our sons haven’t always dreamed of being President. It’s that some of our well-meaning friends of other races didn’t think our sons could be President. This is not criticism, just a simple truth. They had not known it could be because they likely had never hoped for such in the same way Black parents had hoped silently that our day their sons could lead the nation.
Then in 2008, Barack Obama began shouting our silent prayers across the land, “Yes, we can! Yes, we can!”
So, that Tuesday, November 4, we watched as America checked its past at the door and walked into the voting booth to choose someone with leadership, intelligence and character for President of the United States. This time, those traits just happened to be cloaked in the skin of a Black man.
I also know there is a daughter somewhere whose parents are as #hopeful as I am that she will prove that she can lead as well as boys can.
So, when this picture below is captured in real time decades into the future, my prayer is to be sitting there with my family and friends smiling through tears as I remember how far HOPE has brought us.
#Day4 #ThanksgivingMonth #Hope
This is one of several pictures Caleb has drawn of himself as the President of the United States. He believes that he can hold the highest office in the land.
Him. Caleb Cathey. A little boy born in Dallas, raised in Oak Cliff in home of modest means by middle class parents.
That little boy can see himself becoming the leader of free world.
On this day in 2008, America elected its first Black President. Regardless of your political preferences, the election of Barack Obama was significant in the ongoing evolution of our nation. His election represented the HOPE that our country was finally recognizing what little Black boys had always known – that they were as equipped and capable of holding any job as their non-Black counterparts, even the highest office in the land.
It’s not that our sons haven’t always dreamed of being President. It’s that some of our well-meaning friends of other races didn’t think our sons could be President. This is not criticism, just a simple truth. They had not known it could be because they likely had never hoped for such in the same way Black parents had hoped silently that our day their sons could lead the nation.
Then in 2008, Barack Obama began shouting our silent prayers across the land, “Yes, we can! Yes, we can!”
So, that Tuesday, November 4, we watched as America checked its past at the door and walked into the voting booth to choose someone with leadership, intelligence and character for President of the United States. This time, those traits just happened to be cloaked in the skin of a Black man.
I also know there is a daughter somewhere whose parents are as #hopeful as I am that she will prove that she can lead as well as boys can.
So, when this picture below is captured in real time decades into the future, my prayer is to be sitting there with my family and friends smiling through tears as I remember how far HOPE has brought us.
#Day4 #ThanksgivingMonth #Hope
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