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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSo this morning - I got up 2 hours early.
I pulled on my jeans and thought about the time a husband of a friend back in the late 60s told me he thought I was a dyke because I wore jeans all the time. Then I put on my white shirt and said a little prayer of thanks for the women who sacrificed so dearly so that I could vote. I slipped on my mother's wedding ring and thought of the powerless life she led & how she raised me to be independent.
When I got in the car, the radio was playing "Don't you worry about a thing" by Stevie Wonder. I drove to the polls in the rain and voted for the first woman President. I cried like a baby afterwards in the car.
Thank you for indulging my boring little tale. It was very meaningful for me and the culmination of a life long dream. The number one item on my bucketlist was to see a woman become President of the United States. Checked that puppy off today.

cyberswede
(26,117 posts)
beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)the first black president, the first world series championship in 108 years for thw Cubs, and the first female president who had to fight and overcome a vicious and immoral opponent....and the russian govt/mob, the MSM, and the FBI
Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)meow2u3
(25,029 posts)I'm just too damned excited!
niyad
(122,093 posts)Stinky The Clown
(68,504 posts)May the starting tonight be forever known as The Year Of The Woman.
Your Mom would be very proud of you.
lpbk2713
(43,203 posts)I hope he got over his insecurity.
deminks
(11,339 posts)She hated when they took her job away at the end of the war. She, too, taught me to be independent, to stand up for myself and what is right. I have been thinking alot about her lately.
vademocrat
(1,090 posts)I also wore white today and carried my mother & grandmother into the booth with me. This is my 11th presidential election & the first one that I purposely selected my outfit.
Today's a Big deal - more emotional than I expected.
lapislzi
(5,762 posts)My grandmother was nine years old when the Eighteenth Amendment was ratified. She didn't live to see this day. My mother didn't live to see this day. My daughter, on the other hand, is alive and early voted for Madam President. I felt like I was voting for all of them.
Thank you for sharing your story. #strongertogether
bench scientist
(1,107 posts)So proud to have voted for Madam President today!
Have a great rest of the day prarie deem.
Beacool
(30,352 posts)I'm about to go vote now. I was phone banking in the morning. I have on a white campaign t-shirt from 2008 and jeans. It's the same t-shirt I had on when she won NJ in 2008 during the primaries. I'm wearing it for good luck.
I have admired Hillary since I was a young woman and she became our first lady. I had never seen a first lady like her in my lifetime.
My heart fills with joy at the thought that she will be our first female president.
My vote will be cast in memory of my mother who died in 2009 and didn't get to see the election of our first woman president.
This is for all the women who sacrificed so much to get us to this point in history. This vote is for all you with a big THANK YOU!!!
Egnever
(21,506 posts)It's going to be a glorious evening.
Have the tissues handy.