Beauty in the Breakdown

I voted yesterday! And while Andrew joked as we left that he felt soooooo American now, I really did. So many take voting for granted and don't do it because they don't have to, don't have time, don't care, but really when it comes down to it; it is our civic duty to vote. I look at it this way: so many men and women worked so hard, endured so many things so they and everyone after them would have the ability to vote, so if nothing else I'm taking care of a responsibility that was laid on me long before I was here. On top of that, why wouldn't you vote when there are people from all over the world who wish they had what we have. I'm excited to see the outcome on November 4th. I am hoping and praying that a change really does happen in our country. That we can fix our country so that we can get back to being a country that is respected and takes cares of others. At some point along the way we have lost the respect of the people who live here as well the respect of so many other countries, and being a country that others depend on, our current situation is affecting so many.