My Vote Counted!

Picture it. A long line at the presidential primaries. All three kids in tow. Woman engrossed in her Blackberry in front of me. Man reading a book behind me. The kids are getting restless. They are doing their very best to remain quiet and within a 3 foot radius of me. Out of the blue using his outside voice Jack asks, "Who are we going to vote for again?” "Shh” Nervous laughter from the people in line fill the silence. "I will tell you later" I say just loud enough for Jack to hear. I figured I would have a nice talk about voting etiquette with him in the car, then remind him who I was voting for and why. Just as I thought it had all blown over Jack announces in his outside voice again "Oh, I remember! He has a rock in his name, right mom? What is that guy's name again?" Suddenly Jack had all sorts of friends in line; apparently we weren't the only Obama supporters there! I left the polling place feeling very proud, the kids and I all had on our 'My Vote Counted' stickers. A nice little old lady stopped me to tell me what a good thing I was doing by showing my kids how important it is to vote. Tonight we were listening to the polling results on the radio, when the DJ announced Barack Obama 53%, Hillary Clinton 46% my kids went wild. They were yelling "BaRock Omama!” A few minutes later Jack broke the celebration by asking, "Mom, why don't you like Harry Clinton?" Hmmm, I think I will save that one for Grandpa!