For the first time in three months, I am homesick.
It’s as if the whole nation just won the World Series in the US.
The fact that so many Americans went out, stood in lines for hours, all the while believing that their vote mattered, and then voted an intelligent black man president… that just fills me with so much hope. How long has it been since Americans actually believed in the democratic process this much?
I half fled when I moved abroad this summer… but now I feel that the clear blue skies I see out the window for sure stretch all the way to my house back in Massachusetts… and I only wish I could hear the jubilant honking of horns and cheering here. I wish I were home, celebrating with my family.
