Furious Indifference.

My good friend Luc , Dutch high-school exchange student we sponsored in 2004, flew to Denver from Amsterdam this evening to be here to witness, first hand, history in the making (hopefully). And to visit us too of course... We're so proud of him. Just 22 years old and already a pilot for KLM , flying daily from Europe to Asia, and to and from the US. He's going to go canvassing with me tomorrow and visit the various Obama headquarters and volunteers around town. It's going to be fun, and exciting: nothing like showing around a visitor during such a wonderful and important time. Daniel Torres, our exchange student from Colombia is also following the election and I wish he were here with us to enjoy this too... I'll be sure to send him all of the pix/video from tomorrow. ~ Good night. Almost too excited to sleep!

Ethan spent last weekend visiting his maternal grandparents, uncle, aunt, and a passel of cousins... he had a ball, went fishing, and all manner of fun things while in Louisiana ... he's the light of my life! He is just a joy, caring and smart with a great sense of humor. I know, parent gushing over his child isn't exactly an objective review, but hey, he's perfect, I swear! It didn't surprise me at all that his mom told me how he was being protective, sweet, and doting over his cousin "Peanut" an adorable and super sweet adopted child with many special needs problems due to his biological mother's lack of prenatal, and sadly, post-natal care. I'm so happy Ethan's Uncle Michael and Aunt Christi adopted him because he's doing so much better than even the most optimistic prognoses that were given about him at the time. Ethan just warms my heart with his innately awesome sense of empathy and fair play towards his younger cousin and friend(s). I...