All a tingle… that’s me. I voted.

I’m not really all that political. I tend to approach politics the way I approach religion. You do your thing. I’ll do mine. Let’s agree to disagree if necessary. There’s no need to argue.

I have on a rare occasion put a political sign in my yard. Rare in the sense that I’ve done that once. I’m registered for one particular party, but I never vote a straight ticket. I vote based upon issues and feelings and reasonably rational opinions. Although, I do admit that today I did vote for someone I have no knowledge of at all… except that this gentleman wasn’t the man he was running against. Sometimes that’s enough, you know?

But this morning, as I stood in line at 6:30 in the morning waiting for the polls to open at 7, it was pretty exciting. I know that sounds kinda dorky, but it was the neatest thing. I know that this is the most important presidential election of my lifetime thus far. And we all stood together, united in our belief that each of our votes count.

And it was a really wonderful thing. Now, sure, several of us most likely canceled out one another’s votes. And sure, the electoral college is a weird and wonky thing, and maybe my vote doesn’t count.

But for a few moments this morning… or 45 of them to be exact… as I stood in the chill of the early morning reading my local newspaper and chatting with the people in line with me, I was thrilled with the process. This … THIS … is why the American democratic process is wonderful. This is each of us thinking and choosing and acting on our beliefs.

Regardless of who wins tonight, that is a really amazing thing.

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