Lincoln Celebration

Isn't it nice to have a President, that when he opens his mouth, you can puff up with

a little pride, a pride that hasn't been felt in oh so long? One that can make us look

at our history with a clarity about the great strides we have made as a nation

and the tragedies equally?

Forgiveness is probably one of the greatest and hardest

things  for a nation and when President Obama spoke about Lincoln allowing Confederate soldiers to go home to their farms and families with no pound of flesh extracted I was moved and I was reminded that hope is a forward looking gift, not one that dwells in the past.