Bill Clinton Visits Mercer University

Greetings all,

I will try to post a letter about my trip to Texas that will be complete with photos and stories, etc... However, that will have to wait since I have entered the semester one week late and it has been a pretty intense game of catch-up ever since. This post relates to a visit Bill Clinton paid to Mercer University yesterday (Jan. 21). Because Oprah, after visiting Macon, threw her support to Obama, the Clinton campaign decided they would send Bill to stump for Hillary.



Ellen and I walked over with the girls to wait in line for 1.5 hours and then get seated in the University Center. Spirits were high and Grace and Julia were taking it all in stride. Once the event began, Grace was thrilled. As the crowd was chanting "HRC", Grace was yelling "Ate Our Seal". She also got to join the crowd in chanting "Hillary" and "We love Bill". We are not necessarily supporting Hillary but we could not ignore the historically meaningful event practically happening in our backyard. It was a precious moment seeing Grace (a woman to be) cheering for who might very well become the first female president of the US. She was waving a Hillary banner over her head with her tummy sticking out from underneath her sweater. Unfortunately we did not bring our camera so we need to wait to see if our neighbors' pictures came out. The memories will be priceless.