We get to choose!

I have to admit - I usually don't watch the Democratic National Convention - mainly because I'm a Republican. But I've watched it the last two nights and Joe Biden is speaking now as I type this. For me it's been very interesting. Next week I'll be watching some of the Republican National Convention.

Now don't take this as any sort of endorsement because it's not.

I'm just so proud of our country even with it's warts. Because tonight we have the chance to witness for the first time in history a Black man nominated by his party to vie for the highest office in the land. And he did it by defeating the first woman in history to have a serious shot at the same thing.

We don't have a great history when it comes to women and people of color - but thankfully this is a better day. A much better day.

I also watched it because I enjoy the political process - yes, it's a challenge to see beyond the spin - but it's still a wonderful thing. Every four years we get to choose. We don't always choose well - but we get to choose. We don't always agree - but we get to choose. There are graves in every state in this union that are filled with the remains of men and women who died so we could choose!

So do your part - choose.

But don't vote because you are a Democrat or Republican - vote because you paid attention. Vote because you thought through the issues. Vote because it's your time and my time to choose.