How many times in one 18 minute speech can I get the chills and tear up? And eventually shake with quiet sobs? Love this man, love this man. Love his wife – just love the whole family and what they stand for and the lovely cohesiveness of their whole clan, mother-in-law included. It’s a great time in American history – a beautiful and great time. That I should be in the most conservative and racist and homophobic place I’ve ever been in during this incredible time is quite curious. Quite curious, indeed. Makes ya wonder, maybe – what lesson God wants to teach me or something like that, you know?

That I should have had the most incredible fortune to travel to Washington DC this year with my daughter – my first time ever being there – in this most gorgeous of times – well, that is nothing short of a beautiful gift from God. No, I did not meet any of the Obamas, nor the Bidens, but, just being there – in the city that seems to have been ‘returned’ to those of us who for so long have felt alienated from it. Well, that was simply amazing.

See, that was the first thing I told my mom on November 5th. I said, “Mom, it feels like the government is back in the hands of the people again.” And what a beautiful feeling that was. And that is why I titled this post as I did. One of the first things that Obama said to those gathered in the White House to celebrate LGBT Pride Month was,

“Welcome to your White House.”

And here it is, the speech, which was more like a friendly address, that gave me a million chills this morning:

One of my otherfavorite lines from President Obama’s address:

“We are all witnesses to monumental changes in this country.”

Thank you, President and Mrs. Obama – from the bottom of my heart!

P.S. You can see the video and read about the first-of-its-kind LGBT Pride Month reception on the official White House blog: Celebrating LGBT Pride Month

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