Joe Biden is 78 yo. Amanda Gorman is 22. She will be 78 in the year 2076.

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5. Years ago, I read a little anecdote.

It was in Reader's Digest, which my mom used to get and I enjoyed reading as a weird teenager.

The story was told by a very respected journalist at the time. (Nope. Don't remember the name.)

He told of meeting a Civil War veteran during a Fourth of July parade when he was a child. When he shook the man's hand, he was beside himself with excitement at actually touching someone personally involved in an aspect of critical American history. He felt awkward at the time, trying to express what he felt, but the Civil War Vet put him at ease.

"I know just how you feel, son. I felt that way myself as a boy when I met one of the old fellas who fought in the Revolution".

The journalist pointed out that he had touched the hand of a man who had touched the hand of someone who was there at our country's beginning. Decades after reading this account, I don't remember the author or the exact words written. But the thought still moves me.

Today, thanks to Joe Biden and Amanda Gorman, I can once again envision such a profound moment happening in the century beyond this one. Because Democracy is a possibility when good people seek good for others besides themselves.

Goddess Bless America and crown thy good with Sisterhood.