MOVING ON.....2024

A Note From The Author: Jacqueline E. Hughes

I am so happy to welcome in the new year, 2024!!! My Blog is changing-up a bit....mainly because I am evolving. Travel will always take precedence in my life and, my journeys will be shared with you. This 2024 version will offer a variety of new stories and personal ideas, as well. This is all about having fun and enjoying this Beautiful Journey called......Life!!!

Tuesday, November 8, 2016

HERSTORY (HISTORY) WILL BE MADE TODAY



A series of essays.....



A NEW DAY DAWNS.......GO OUT AND VOTE!!!!




.....as seen through my eyes!



By: Jacqueline E. Hughes


The sun is shining here in Orlando, Florida this morning. I don't know....maybe it's just me....but, I know that something BIG is happening today; something so BIG that 'herstory' books will be updated with woman saying "it's about time" and little girls being provided the opportunity to, finally, look-up to another female face for strength and guidance among those crusty, old book pages we must endure in school. 

Today I am proud to be a woman. I am proud to say that I've voted for a woman to be President of this fragile nation I call home. I will be proud to have a woman guide and protect me and everyone I love, not only on the outside, but, emotionally, on the inside. This woman will wrap her arms around all of us, whether we voted for her or not, and make us feel welcome no matter who we are or where our ancestors came from.

She is not just 'any woman.' She has put in her time within the ranks of political challenges. She has learned to live with her head held high while under a cloud of spousal scandals only to move on and take control of her own political destiny she had set aside so long ago to become a nurturing wife and mother. She moved out of the shadows to run for the United States Senate, won, worked hard, and earned the respect of both the Democrats and the Republicans alike!

This woman will create 'Herstory' each day she is in office by processing the fundamental right of every person who lives in this country who dares to dream, hope, and believe. She will not pretend that basic fear tactics will serve to accomplish her goals. That's a petty way of securing trust, better left to bullies and fear-mongers to employ.  No, her ideas incorporate the belief that we are all, fundamentally, good with many opportunities to better our lives and challenge our minds to explore ALL options that open-up before us. Closed minds create anarchy. Closed hearts create mistrust and hatred. For her.....all doors will be opened for everyone!

I know....I have said this before and I will say this over and over again: It is, precisely, because I am the proud mother of two daughters, three granddaughters and two grandsons that I have voted for Her! Having just spent ten days with these adorable people up in Kalamazoo, Michigan, I will be the first to tell you that the future of our nation looks shiny and bright! There is hope for all of us as long as we allow it into our lives via the youth of this country. It cannot and shall not be squelched or silenced by those who seek to suppress progress through hatred and divisiveness. She will not allow negativity or stagnation to rule this great nation of ours!

Ultimately, you want to be able to have her write her name in the 'Herstory' books with a message of unity where even those who may not have supported her will be able to say that they had a President who always spoke for them, protected their rights, opened up new employment possibilities while equalizing pay rates between men and woman. 

It does not matter this gorgeous morning, November 8, 2016, if the golden sun is shining off of the stiff, glossy fronds of a palm tree or the crisp, crimson leaves of a Michigan maple tree.....  Herstory, as we know it, will become a brand new chapter taught to our youth via the 'books of time' in classrooms throughout America and the entire world in the years to come! 

We are living in a special time. A time where good, positive things will happen if we open up our minds and let them transpire. She, Hillary Clinton, will work hard to ease this fragile country out of the realm of confusion and back into a working, cohesive, and joyful state. A place where we will be proud to raise our children and grandchildren.  A time when the herstory books will reflect a viable change in all of us and the gap of division will ultimately close.

Please remember, this country is a gift to all of us! So, go out and VOTE!

Today, I am proud to be an American!


Copyright © 2016 by Jacqueline E. Hughes

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