Happy New Year!

Welcome to 2009.
Amen and halleluia!
Even though as I get older, time seems to be speeding up and I don't usually like to wish things away, I am, for the most part, glad to see 2008 go.
It was a tough year for many of us, made worse by the fact that many of the bad things that happened were not of our making, unless you consider the fact that when we as a nation should have spoken up, we didn't.
But the past is past.
It's a new year and a new President. When it mattered, we did speak up and, to paraphrase, "Yes we did!" [that's not original, I saw it on a bumper sticker and I congratulate whoever came up with it].
Now, we need to roll up our collective sleeves and get to work behind our new President and fix this country, get it back on the right track. January 20 can't come soon enough.
But in the meantime, let's celebrate the hope that is in all our hearts. Let's confront those who would destroy this country with their fear mongering and their bias [I am shocked over that Republican who gave out that abhorrent CD - and the Republicans wonder why they lost?]. There is no place for pessimism now. It IS going to be a good year. We believe so. We will make it so. We will live long and prosper!