Reply #21: Your post gave me the chills, over and over, imagining those little scenes taking place all over the [View All]

[hisownpetard]

country and the world, private moments, each person with their own frame of reference and
their own set of memories, staring at the wonder of it, the promise, the pride.

I was on my couch, stretched out with a blanket over me.
When his speech was over, I realized that the blanket was on the floor and I had been standing the whole time.
I don't remember rising to my feet - it was an involuntary reaction.

Wonderful once-in-a-lifetime moment.

(((Hug)))

P.S. Can you make your post into an OP?