What a night.

Our country has elected our next president with record voter turnout and of all of the historic moments tonight I can't help but remember images like these

As an American citizen I am as inspired and proud as I have ever been to be able to follow the above photo's with this one

I can't explain how hopeful this makes me. The opportunity for a person of color to be president has always been there in theory but the fact that a whole new group of people can now see a face like theirs in the highest office available nearly brings me to tears. And it's not just that he's black. It's that he's black and qualified and intelligent and the best choice for the job.

I apologize if I sound grandiose but I can't help but think of all of the people who have gone before in the struggle for equality and civil rights and how we as a people have come to this through their sacrifices. It is because of them that we live in a country where this is possible and I wish they were here to see it.

so here's to hope.