Three years and 364 days to go...

Bumper Sticker Slogan of the Day: "I'll keep my money, my guns and my freedom. You can keep your change."

Ok, I gave myself one day to mourn and yesterday was it. Today it's back to life as I know it, plugging away at my job, working around the house, raising kids and trying to be the person God wants me to be. I don't like this new administration, but the only choice is just to live with it until things can be made right. My prayer is that we can do that four years from now instead of having to wait eight!

Yes, it was tough knowing that a new President was being inaugurated yesterday, but it was cool having a couple of girlfriends with which to commiserate. Made me feel a lot less alone in my funk, that's for sure! It's just weird looking around this country and not being able to recognize it anymore, and for me, that's the toughest thing to deal with. I have no idea when the moral fiber unraveled and how we have come so far from what our Founding Fathers stood for.

Do I wish Mr. Obama ill or do I hope that he is a big failure? Certainly not. My prayer for him is that he would be successful in helping our country get back on its feet. My prayer is that God will get a good firm hold on his heart and help him to see the importance of life itself. I hope and pray that he finds salvation by grace and he brings that important element back to the White House where it belongs.

In the mean time, he and his family are in my prayers. They will be scrutinized and criticized over the coming months and years. There will be danger, there will be hard and difficult work. I can't imagine being a child growing up under he magnifying glass that will be ever present in their world. I wish them all the best.

Here in my little slice of home town America, we will continue to work hard, pay our taxes (unlike some of those incoming cabinet members), teach our kids ethics and morals and the importance of serving others, and pray that we can continue to do so without unnecessary intrusion.

We'll keep looking forward to 2012 when we hope Sarah Palin gets another chance.