Put down the camera and the pen: just take it all in

Barack Obama accepted the Democratic presidential nomination with such style and fanfare it will become the new standard. Not the stadium of course, few politicians will ever be able to fill 76,000 seats. But there was so much imagery, from invoking MLK's March on Washington to the Federalist columns that framed Obama during his speech, making him look like a statesman. Our statesman.

When Michelle Obama and the girls came out it was like an updated, diverse version of the Kennedys in the White House. The regal, gorgeous wife, the kids bounding around looking every bit part of an American family. 

I wanted to tell my husband what that moment felt like, grab the computer and blog about it to you guys or click the camera in my mind to preserve the memory forever. I did none of the above. All I could do was stare the television screen, absorbing the monumental moment my son and grandsons will learn about in school.