Leeke and Eng Family represent our ancestors and family members at theInauguration on the National Mall - My sister Syl Eng (very cool black and red hat)and Lu Eng Leeke (standing in back), me, and my brother Mark (with his Dallas Cowboys hat)Photo Credit: A Fellow American
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden on jumbotranPhoto Credit: Mark Leeke
First Lady Michelle Obama and formerFirst Lady Laura Bush on the jumbotranPhoto Credit: Mark Leeke
Americans standing in community with hope on the National MallPhoto Credit: Mark Leeke
Me and my brother Mark smiling and taking in thehistoric day that Barack Hussein Obama became our President.Photo Credit: Syl Eng, my sister
Finally at the Mall - Me and my sister Syl standing at the front of the crowdnear a jumbotran located about 50 feet from the Washington Monument ... we were sograteful to stand in the front of the crowd and witness the event.Photo Credit: My iPhone genius brother Mark Leeke
People walking to the Mall on 18th Street, NW in DCPhoto Credit: Mark Leeke
Walking to the Mall from 16th and U Street, NW on the morning ofInauguration Day - Me and my sisters Lu and Syl... Lu is helpingme hook up my scarf on 14th Street.Photo credit: Mark LeekeBlessings All,Below are poetical and photo reflections of my Inauguration Day experience with my family and fellow Americans. Stay tuned for more reflections this week. Enjoy!Peace, Love, Creativity, Service, and a New America,AnandaA New Day by Ananda LeekeCopyright 2009 by Madelyn C. Leeke.Excerpt from That Which Awakens Me (Spring 2009 - iUniverse, Inc.)On the morning of January 20th, my alarm clock rang at 6:00 a.m.I turned it off and moved into a series of breathing, yoga, and Reiki healing touch exercises to create space in my body and to open my heart, stretch out my back and core, and lengthen my spine.Shortly thereafter I walked into my kitchen and made some herbal tea.As I waited for the water to warm up, I stared at my altar in my kitchen window and said a prayer of gratitude for being able to see a new beginning for America under the leadership of President Barack Hussein Obama.After the prayer, my spirit, heart, mind, and body vibrated with the energy of love, peace, excitement, hope, and dreams for a better America ... the kind American poet Langston Hughes wrote about in his poem "Let America Be America Again":"Let America be the dream the dreamers dream. Let it be that strong land of love."My head bowed to my heart as I whispered Amen into the silence of a new day.
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