oh Mary this minute....

so i was on the phone with my mom discussing plans for tomorrow and watching the live jon stewart-stephen colbert show with karen when it happened 

and you could immediately hear the cheering through the windows... screaming and  crying and howling at the moon.

the world just erupted... 

so we grabbed  the pugs and went for a walk down to 145th street.  

i do not have words for the experience.  every car that drove past was honking, with folks dangling out windows, laughing.  people were singing, crying, dancing in the streets.   children shouting O-BAMA! and YES WE CAN.  even the cops were honking!  over and over again, neighbors shouting his name and the names of his wife and children.  and the numbers- the percentage points.  

i can't wipe the grin from my cheeks.  my heart is bursting.