Life Through the Lens: America

Monday, November 15, 2010

Since every day should be Veterans Day...

Photo (C) Christina Saull - All Rights Reserved

... I don't feel guilty posting my Veterans Day post four days late.

Thank you to all the brave men & women who have served & continue to serve our great nation. The sacrifice you & your families make to protect our freedoms can't possibly be appreciated enough. We are the land of the free because of you, the brave.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

the day after

In my non-photographer life, I work in politics. I worked for various members of Congress for the first six years of my working life & now have a job that revolves around what the president & Congress are doing. In my world, election day is not just another day. It's a holiday. A day when there are winners & losers. A day when jobs are lost & careers are started.

I stayed up late last night... much later than normal, furiously refreshing the Twitter (that's @christinasaull if you're interested) feed on my BlackBerry, trying to get the latest results on the races I was actually interested in, which of course were not what CNN/MSNBC/Fox News/anyone was showing (I actually turned off CNN & watched HGTV most of the night, which was refreshing).

I won't get into who won & who lost here... but will say that the biggest feeling I came away with yesterday was one of pride & patriotism (okay, that's two feelings). We are so lucky that we live in a country where every citizen, regardless of race, color, or creed is allowed to vote. We are so lucky to live in a country where we can go vote without the fear of being shot at or blown up while doing so. We are so lucky to live in a country where a change of the political party in power does not mean the whole government collapses.

If you voted yesterday, regardless of who you voted for, thank you. If you did not & are eligible to, I ask you to reconsider next time around. It's the least you can do.