Giving Abbey her first bath at home this evening (couldn't have done it without "Auntie Sharon" on back up) is just the first of history making in the next few hours!
The first time I heard Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech was the day it was given. It was given the summer before my freshman year of high school. Although I was completely clueless about most things, that speech made an impression. I truly hoped to see the day in his vision.
In college, I saw some very scary moments (I was in college from 1967 through 1972 - went straight through and got my Masters' Degree), and, again, I was pretty clueless. In my graduate year, my roommate and I were the ONLY mixed-racial roommates who had REQUESTED each other as roommates at Indiana State University (we were the poster-children for diversity - and got away with A LOT!) At the time, I didn't realize how amazing this was.
Four years ago, when I had my first freshman English class, I taught the Martin Luther King, Jr. speech, Maya Angelou, and Rosa Parks. Again, I was reminded how the "dream" had guided so much of my teaching.
This year, I had the pleasure of teaching a high-ability gifted and talented class. One of the first projects they wanted to work with was politics as many would be voting for the first time. As clueless as I was at that age, THEY didn't want to vote blindly.
On Tuesday, I get to share the history-making inauguration with the class. They won't know how important the moment will be for me; I hope it will be for them.
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Me, too! It's a new day dawning. Mamma and Pappa might be rolling over in the graves -- but Catholics WERE OK when JFK was elected and they were pretty opeb-minded after that. Mom would be proud. (Zelda was a big eye opener for her.) 1-2-3 Sharon
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