Then there was some time that passed, until....

I then made some dumb joke about how I was white chocolate and proud in order to make her laugh.  Yes, I said it was dumb.

But it made me realize that she still does not believe that a black man (or woman I assume) could be "allowed" to be as powerful as a white man or woman.  Why? Even the night he got elected she seemed hesitant to believe it was real.

Doing anything, being President or riding a rocket into space, never seemed impossible to me.  Despite my being a woman or gay, I have never lived my life as if I was not good enough to do it.  If I failed at something it would simply be because I sabotaged it - either I didn't try hard enough or missed some detail that was important.  But Georgia has a sense that someone else will sabotage her efforts.  I don't doubt that is true, but it is so ingrained that even when our first Black President is sworn in and the ultimate success is achieved - she feels something will keep him from being powerful.   Georgia still has not realized a black man is the most powerful person in the world.

With every passing interview, picture, or sound clip that comes in from around the world describing personal reactions to President Obama's Inauguration, I realize how we as a nation so needed this administration to happen.  We are the land of the free and home of the brave - except so many fellow citizens like Georgia did not begin to come to terms with that until yesterday.