"A Change is Gonna Come"

Sweater photo from Nocturnal Knits; Sweater design by Laura Birek; Adapted from Shepard Fairey's Obama Poster

If I still had my radio show, this is what I would play. Sam Cooke's "A Change is Gonna Come" was a song of hope in 1964 when it was released, after Cooke's death, after the death of our President, John F. Kennedy and at the height of the Civil Rights Movement in America.

If you voted yesterday, you were a part of history. I believe in Obama's push for community involvement and helping others. In my own way, I plan to work together with others and lend a helping hand. This holiday season I will begin by donating knitted and crocheted items to various charities. Won't you join me? Some of my favorite charities: Stitches From the Heart; Project Linus; Caps for Kids; Warm-Up America; American Red Cross. There are many more opportunities to help here.
I heard this on the radio the other day. I don't know the name of the man that was speaking, but I will always remember his eloquent words, "Rosa Parks sat so Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. could walk. Dr. King walked so that Barack Obama could run. Obama ran so that we could fly." Then (if I still had my radio show), I'd cue up the song "I'll Fly Away."