I received this blog article in the mail today. Published in Salon by "Chicago Guy," it gives us an intimate view of who Obama really is . . . when no one is looking. I'm reading his first book and I understand how much love he has for the American people. It was written before he married and had a family. I believe this man has a great capacity for love--tough, but tender love, and this article underscores his capacity for caring . . .
Malia Obama probably wasn’t sure if her Dad would make it home from work to watch her soccer game this past Friday night.
He’s been pretty busy lately.
Read more about his Secret Service protectors and his visit to his daughter's soccer game . . .
This article also gives those of us for fear of Obama's safety an insiders view of what his life must be like right now. With gunman protecting him, even at his daughter's soccer game. A sad reflection on our society and this campaign:
Then just a few minutes after eight; something like a shift in earth’s gravity occurs. To the casual observer, nothing in this scene has changed. That pull of the earth’s power must have been imagined.
The true city dweller will feel it first, before they even see it. Blink your eyes and they appear.
Ringing the shadows of this soccer field are people with guns. Serious people with guns. Like oak trees that move. The phrase, "Not on my watch" flashes through your head.
You have to look hard to make sure they are even there. You never really see a gun. You’re not even sure they are moving. But when you blink your eyes, somehow their positions have changed. Something about the way they just appear calms your breathing. Instinctively you know.
These are the good guys.
To read more of this touching story of Obama and his daughters, and of his taking time from running for president to attend his oldest daughter's soccer game and run an race with his youngest, go here.