YEP! I DO HAVE AN OPINION ABOUT THE WHOLE INAUGURATION DAY. WATCHING THIS HISTORICAL MOMENT UNFOLD, IN THE COMFORT OF OUR HOME-WITH MY SON- WHO WAS SLINGING OUT LOTS OF QUESTIONS, THAT MIGHT OTHERWISE BEEN "HUSHED" IN A SCHOOL ROOM SETTING OR IGNORED BY A TEACHER- NEVER TO BE ANSWERED... A MOMENT IN TIME THAT WILL MAKE HISTORY BOOKS...WELL, FOR ME, IT WAS SIMPLY AN HONOR TO BE ABLE TO WATCH THE EVENTS UNFOLD, DISCUSS THEM AS THEY WERE HAPPENING AND BEST OF ALL... ALL OF THE HISTORICAL INFORMATION THAT THE MEDIA WAS FEEDING US!
EVEN FOR A HARD-CORE REPUBLICAN, THAT I AM... I AM NOT TOO PROUD TO ADMIT....PERHAPS, I WAS WRONG ABOUT HIM. I BELIEVE WHOLE-HEARTILY, THAT OBAMA'S HEART IS IN THE RIGHT PLACE. NOW, IF HE CAN JUST WALK THE WALK... I WILL BE SOLD, ENTIRELY. I CAN'T IMAGINE THE ROLE MODEL, THAT HE WILL BE AND ALREADY IS, TO UNDERPRIVILEGED, INNER CITY KIDS...WHO MAY HAVE DREAMS OF THEIR OWN.
I HAVE MY TONGUE-IN-CHEEK, TO THOSE WHO CALL THEMSELVES CHRISTIANS- YET JUDGE HIM AS NOT. HE DID, AFTER ALL, PRAY AND PLACE HIS HAND ON THE LINCOLN BIBLE. UNLIKE, TEDDY ROOSEVELT, WHO REFUSED TO PLACE HIS HAND ON THE BIBLE, INSTEAD...HE OPTED TO PLACE IT ON A LAW BOOK.
THAT SAID, YESTERDAY'S INAUGURATION, HAD A PROFOUND, POSITIVE EFFECT ON MY SPIRITUAL PATH. WHETHER OBAMA'S RIGHT, WRONG OR UPSIDE DOWN... WATCHING IT, CERTAINLY DID TEACH ME TO BE A MORE EMPATHETIC, UNDERSTANDING CHRISTIAN. smile, wink, nod.
THIS WEEK AND NEXT AND MAYBE EVEN THE NEXT....FINDS OUR LESSONS CENTERED AROUND THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. THIS WEEK...THE PAST TWO DAYS, OUR UNIT WAS BASED AROUND THE HISTORICAL FICTION BOOK, "SAMUEL'S CHOICE," ABOUT THE BATTLE OF LONG ISLAND. I'M LETTING TOMMIE CHOOSE HIS NEXT BOOK...WHICH WILL BE STARTED TODAY... IT'S EITHER ELI WHITNEY AND THE INVENTION OF THE COTTON GIN OR JEAN FRITZ'S QUIRKY HISTORICAL BOOK ABOUT JOHN HANCOCK. EITHER WAY...HE'LL READ THEM BOTH IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. I'LL BE PULLING LESSONS OUT OF THE BOOKS, IN THE CHARLOTTE MASON WAY. SPELLING, CREATIVE WRITING, GRAMMAR, HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY AND DICTATION. I'M SURE ELI WHITNEY'S STORY, WILL HAVE A FEW SCIENCE LESSONS TUCKED IN.
HAPPY WEDNESDAY!
We watched the oath taking and a bit of the other stuff, about 45 min all together. I thought the benediction by Rick Warren was the best part of all of it that I saw. I thought Obama's speech was inspiring, but a tad bit short on actual promises. I want to believe his heart is in the right place, but I don't think I can say I wholeheartedly believe it. And I am taking a "wait and see" approach. Not that I involve myself much in politics anyway. lol
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