The World Around You

I was having a pretty good day…

1. Purdue’s mens basketball team defeated the #11 Wisconsin Badgers in a great game this afternoon on ESPN.
2. Their archrivals, the Indiana Hoosiers lost to a depleted UConn team, AT HOME, ending a 29 game home winning streak.
3. Senator Barack Obama (the candidate I have endorsed for president) won the South Carolina primary by a very large margin.

Yet, around the same time I found out that Obama had a big win, I also found out my best friend’s mother had her colon punctured during a colonoscopy and is in extremely poor condition.

Life will throw you a curveball…especially when the going seems good.

I’m glad to see Michelle Obama reaching out to the Alabama media.

“I really don’t spend a whole lot of time focusing on the opponents,” she said. “I know all I can really do in this race is bring my values, my life experiences to the table, and be open and honest with people about who I am, who Barack is.

“That’s really the goal, to connect with people … and that’s what I really focus on. When I am standing in front of a crowd out in a church or in a community center, I am completely lost in the stories that connect us.”

montgomeryadvertiser.com :: Focus is on people, Michelle Obama says