Friday, October 31, 2008

Historic moments

What historic moments do you remember in your lifetime? Isn't it a strange feeling when you know that you are living through some event that you know will change history and go down in history books. From my early childhood I remember when Regan was elected president. I was only four, but I have vivid memories of standing in front of the TV with my parents watching the news coverage and we were all so ecstatic and talking about what we would call him "Mr. Reagan, Mr. President, President Reagan, President Ronald Reagan...etc." The next vivid historical moment for me was watching the Challenger explode on TV. When the Berlin Wall came down everyone was talking about the times we live in. When my first friend was called to serve a mission in Russia. The 2000 election fiasco in Florida. September 11th, 2001. And now, this historical election season, where people are so involved and interested in the political process again. I can't wait for this Tuesday when we will know who our next president will be. It feels like a historic moment to me.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

It definitely is historic. I just feel a little guilty that we're not really part of it!

I hope you're going to post pics of the kiddies in their costumes!

Heather said...

definately, i am just too lazy to go get the camera right now and upload all the pictures and choose which one etc....
Its on my to-do list for tomorrow

Becky said...

I can share my nerdiest one. When Gorbachev visited MN circa 1988 I remember my dad making me stand in my back yard to watch as his plane departed. It didn't occur to me at the time that there may have been other airplanes in the air at the same time...and the only thing I knew about him was that he was "that guy with a purple birthmark on his forehead."