"After the Concession"
History was almost made this week, and at the same time history was made. For the first time in the electoral processes of the United States, a woman ran on the ticket of a major political party for the highest office in the land. She came close to winning. She fought a long hard battle and was gracious in defeat as I watched her concession speech. She broke the first glass ceiling by being nominated to run, and would have “shattered the highest, hardest glass ceiling” if she won. Even though it wasn’t broken, there is now a huge dent in it that will never be forgotten. Someday, someone will shatter it.
Here’s today’s lesson for my daughters: never let anyone tell you that you that there is anything you cannot do. I was inspired by her speech and want to pass on her advice to you: “To all the little girls who are watching this, never doubt that you are valuable and powerful and deserving of every chance and opportunity in the world to pursue and achieve your dreams.”
That’s the same lesson we have been discussing on my other social media pages (IG, FB, Twitter). Turn your thoughts, dreams, ideas, into steps and then pursue them. It must have begun as a thought in her head many years ago, then it became a pursuit and a journey that almost took her to the White House. Not just as first lady this time, but as President.
In the words of her vice-presidential running mate Tim Kaine, “She has been and is a great history maker.”
Dear daughter, you can be a history maker as well!
