This was the scene at our house last night, as we celebrated Barack Obama’s Inauguration, alongside the rest of America. I thought the President and First Lady’s dance at the Commander-in-Chief’s Ball was a wonderful way to cap an uplifting and happy day. And, like Charlotte, I loved Michelle in her beautiful red Jason Wu dress.
Flora Mouse’s favorite part came earlier in the day, during Obama’s inaugural speech. As a mouse in love with a cat, she believes, as many of us do, that all should be free to love (and marry) whom they choose. So when Obama listed Stonewall alongside Seneca Falls & Selma, it reminded us that our president thinks so, too…another reason to feel great and celebrate!
Here’s a doodle of Flora and Max from our little house party, and a (rare) snapshot taken a little later, when they finally hit the sheets.
Congratulations and good luck Mr. President—and may you accomplish many great things, on many fronts, in your second term!
I love that photo of Max with his mousie. It was a festive day.
Thanks, Dorothy! That’s Miss Flora. She is a bit more roly-poly in real life than in her doodle version, as you can see. 🙂
Great writeup! In total agreement here. It was a wonderful, and hopeful, day!
Thanks, CL! I actually missed most of the live proceedings due to a deadline, but when I took a peek at some of the cool things you and others were posting over on Facebook re the Inauguration, I made getting up to speed on what I’d missed a priority. Glad I did! I know we live in an imperfect, complicated world (and have lots of problems left to solve as a country), but when there are major feel-good moments like yesterday’s going on, we just gotta stop what we’re doing if we can, and go soak them in, yes?