Waiting to Vote

I have yet to get out and vote today. It's a task that I probably could have already crossed off my list of Things To Do today if the kids weren't home from school. Today is Election Day and Teacher's Workshop, which means day one of the six they have off this month for holidays or conferences, or so I can take them with me to vote, which would be so much easier than going by myself. But I see an opportunity to let them be a part of remarkable history and already asked them when they wanted to go vote. But rather than embrace it and fight to get to the van first, they told me to have fun. And just for good measure, they have been acting up all day long, making me so thankful that they are home with me today. Because we have been given this great opportunity to be a part of what has been a long day coming, and I would be so proud to march into the school with them at my side, but have let each hour pass by because I don't dare take them out in public where they will surely embarrass me. They are our future, after all.

So, I'll get there, eventually. Either they will cooperate and we will go together or I will go after G gets home from work tonight. Alone. And no doubt, if that is when I go, it will take much longer than it would if I go this afternoon. Because after I vote, I will probably want to go to some nearby church to pray to God and tell Him how thankful I am to have the right to vote, that I was able to exercise it like I have every other one since I turned 18, no matter how big or small, and how I am looking forward to when they have next Tuesday off for Veteran's Day. And then I will ask Him to grant me the love and patience to get through that day better than I got through today.