I'm (not) Just A Girl

Most of you will recall that Natalie attended the Presidential Inauguration in January. We lived so close that I could not imagine not taking her to this historical event. Not that she would understand the significance (though she certainly does remember being there). I wanted her to be able to say "I was there".

Several weeks ago Natalie and her mom were talking about the inauguration. She understands that the President is an important person and makes a lot of decisions impacting everyone in the country. Natalie's mom was explaining that Barack was the first President to be elected with dark skin. She went on to explain that there was a time when some people wouldn't like that, but that his election showed that not very many people felt that way anymore.

Natalie of course was totally oblivious to the possibility that someone's skin color might have an effect on, well, anything. Instead the only question she asked was…

"Can a girl be President?"

It's been great watching her first five years, but I'm absolutely certain that the next 25 are going to be fascinating.