mricardot - I'm Greatful
For the room-lighting smile
For the mind that always think[s]
For preventing a second Great Depression
For the humor
For bringing the number of women in the Supreme Court to 3
For making the White House the people's house
For 1.1 million jobs created in 2010 alone, more than the entire 8 years of George Bush
For The Penny Ice Creamery in Santa Cruz, California
For the love of people
And family
For the First Lady
For Health Care reform
For leaving the past behind
For the world loving America again
For quietly and calmly dealing with crisis after crisis, even if not being responsible to any of them
For being so cool
And fierce
And curious
And imperfect
And not giving a damn
And compassionate
And an inspiration
For saving the auto industry and at least 1.4 million jobs
For loving the troops
And understanding the horrible price
And bringing 100,000 men and women back from Iraq
For facing the most difficult and loneliest job in the world with grace, dignity, honesty and guts
And despite all the hate, pettiness, racism, corruption and immaturity around, still being the most progressive and 'for the people' president in decades.
