It's been one year since Obama was sworn into office.

Three-hundred sixty five days later  and I'm still just as proud.

I'm still just as hopeful.

I'm still just as committed to change.

In spite of the false sense of entitlement many of us grew up with yet few have shaken, we have done little to deserve living in this country. On more than one occasion I've wondered, why here? Why didn't I  end up in India, China, Haiti or Uganda? Call it what you will, but I believe it was nothing more than fate that allowed me to be born here.

Have I always appreciated it? No. I've all too often taken it for granted and I know I'm not the only one. It's easy to complain and far easier to do nothing to change the circumstances we're so unhappy to be in.

I realize what it is to have a leader that takes initiative to change the less than ideal circumstances surrounding us. I have put my trust in him the past year, knowing that he is fighting for the greater good and I will continue to lend my unwavering support.

Thanks for working tirelessly to be a leader I can take pride in.

Thanks for giving me hope that my children can be raised as proud citizens, knowing the meaning of goals and accomplishment in the face of opposition.

Thanks for the change that is so desperately needed and the commitment to see it through.

Here's to seven more.