I was feeling depressed today after hearing about the first action that our newly elected president, Donald Trump will do is replace The Affordable Care Act, threatening some sixteen million Americans health care coverage. However wit a sigh of relief my wife, Teresita called me into the bedroom to watch President  farewell speech being televised at Chicago’s McCormick Place. All of a sudden I was struck with an acceptance of goodness, that I had a president did practically the impossible,  that gave me eight wonderful years of my life.

The crowd was hardly as large when when he won his first term in office, but the laughing and cheering reminded me as then that only time will tell if we can get out one of the financial times in our country, 2008. We had a plunging stock market, 401k’s had thirty to forty negative swings, gasoline was a little over four dollars a gallon, there was one time during my every three day fill up  gas, that I did not even have twenty dollars of credit on  my credit card. Luckily I had some extra cash in my wallet. It seems that practically every one of my co-workers were worry if they had a job to go back to. Being in my early sixties, I had no idea if I ever will be able to retire, yet be able to ever have access to health care insurance. Every day I would read about so many Americans being kicked out of their homes. I am embarrassed to admit that not only was I living paycheck to paycheck, but I also had a wallet o credit cards that I could barely make my minimum monthly payments.

It seems that the country needed a miracle, and a miracle we got, Barack Obama, and his beautiful wife Michele. The United States that I thought was invincible, was still seeing the after effects of September 11, 2001. We had different enemies then, and it was like Viet Nam. Who would ever think that an Afro-Americanm who was a social worker, lawyer from Chicago, did the impossible. As I stirred at the TV, I noticed his increasing gray hair, I see that perhaps he could hardly believe what as he would so humbly admit, you see what you the American people could do.

No Mister President, you gave me my life back. You showed me what the great folk singer, Josh White sang to me when we were were both patients at Chicago’s Michael Reese Hospital, we are all alike when we got our skins off. We can work together as one great country, not only helping one another, but making a difference for a better world. You made me feel that no matter what I as well as hundred of millions of Americans could ever imagine, we  can create a better life for ourselves through technology and of course by spirituality.

I am grateful that just three years, while you were in office, that I was able double my wealth, and through  lower interest rates, I was able to get a handle on my debt. You made me a   proud, and stronger American again. Bin Laden was executed and you showed the rest of the world that you don’t mess with America no more.

Sorry to say, I wish you were my last president. In ten days Donald Trump will try to replace you. Fat chance, you appealed to so many, you showed the importance of good  family values, the need of getting a higher grade of education, the importance of climax change, the recognition what the forefathers of our country gave us, the foundation to live in an everlasting America ,  a county that gives every one the chance to have their own pursuit of happiness, and the realization that we are a country of many races and religions, a lesson that our next POTUS needs, that all the walls around the world will not make us blessed Americans.

I personally want to wish you, Michelle and your family a well deserved, healthy retirement. God Bless You, and God Bless America.