like so many of the dreamers of my youth, he passed away too soon, but today I was reminded of these words:
The old get old, and the young get stronger,
May take a week, and it may take longer,
They got the guns but we got the numbers
We're gonna win, yeah, we're taking over!
It has taken considerably longer than a week, but victory is within our grasp, thanks to the combination of youthful energy and the resilience of age. How sweet it is.
There are so many people to be grateful for; I listened to Michelle Obama give credit to "the young, and the not so young," and to Barack saying that the people fighting for the right to vote may have said to themselves, "Maybe my son or daughter will be able to run for Congress, or even President of the United States."
My generation couldn't carry the ball across the goal line in 1972, but here we are, today, maybe not leading the charge, but by no means the last in line, either. Our dreams have never died, even when our heroes and leaders were struck down. I do believe in democracy, I really do!!!