Ceremony

My six-year-old son and his classmates watched the inauguration ceremony at school today. He admitted, somewhat hesitantly, that he found it boring — I assured him that many adults feel just the same. We talked about why some people were excited, though, and I tried to help him understand why this day was so important.

I also tried to explain why this day was important to me — that Barrack Obama had worked very hard to help people who needed help, and that this was why he wanted to be the President. "To make things better," he told me.

(Perhaps he does understand, after all.)