VOTE!!!

It's here. This election campaign seemed to last forever, but today is the day. Go vote!!

I try to avoid politics on this blog, but today I'm making an exception. My Grandmother was born in 1902. Growing up she probably didn't expect to ever have the opportunity to vote. Women in this country finally got the vote in 1920 and my Grandmother got to cast her ballot as an adult. She and my Grandfather didn't agree on politics, but they did both agree that it was their responsibility to vote. They instilled that belief in their children and grandchildren, too. Very early every election day morning, my Grandfather would phone me and remind me to vote. I got in the habit of getting up and voting early so I could tell him that I'd already voted when he called.

I've voted in every election since I've been eligible and this morning Rob and I voted. I have to admit that it was an emotional experience casting my vote for the first woman to run for President. I felt I was casting a vote for my Grandmother and Mother at the same time.

My Grandparents would be proud today, as their surviving daughter, two daughters-in-law and five granddaughters as well as a number of great children all got to make history by voting for a woman for the first time.

Today I wish I lived in Rochester, New York. That's the burial place of Susan B. Anthony. This is what her grave looked like last week.

 This is what it looks like today. I would love to be able to paste my voter sticker on her tomb. It's been a very long road to get here, but we won't go back.

 So many women fought for your right to vote, be sure to make them proud and vote today.