yes we did

I can’t real­ly express how proud we are all feel­ing here in Lon­don: to have played our part in the most open-mind­ed and for­ward-look­ing elec­tion of our life­time. It felt won­der­ful to wake Avery up at 5 a.m. just in time for Oba­ma’s accep­tance speech and to see how proud she felt to be con­nect­ed to a coun­try that would make the deci­sion we made yes­ter­day! I know it’s a lot to live up to, all those promis­es. But it’s the sorts of promis­es that have been made, and the pri­or­i­ties that are reflect­ed in them that make me hap­py. To have elect­ed some­one who is pos­i­tive, inter­est­ed in the world out­side Amer­i­ca, gen­er­ous prob­a­bly to a fault, curi­ous, gen­tle and opti­mistic feels like such an ener­getic change that I am anx­ious to for­get the old dia­logue and watch the new script play out. It feels a bit far away here, but the jubi­la­tion of our adopt­ed home and the excite­ment all around the world makes us feel clos­er to home. I know the real world will come crash­ing in, but for just today, I am ready to think we’re poised for bet­ter times. Onward and upward! Just keep him safe.