Post by Sekyi-Brown Reginald

Barack: You told me all those years ago that you couldn’t promise me the world, but you could promise me an interesting life. Of course, you outdid yourself and managed to give me both. Eight years in the crucible, and not once did you melt from the heat. Not once did you let it harden you. Instead, you used it to reveal your truest essence: your stubborn optimism and unflinching courage, your dazzling brilliance and unpretentious decency, your ferocious work ethic and absolutely unshakable moral fiber. And you did it all with such grace and class and cool that you made the hardest job in the world look like a walk in this beautiful park. Never once did you change from that idealistic summer associate who showed up on that rainy day we first met without an umbrella. You always gave us the very best within you — and in doing so, you reminded the rest of us that we could, too. There are truly no words to express how proud I am of the way you showed up — and continue to show up — every single day. It has been the honor of a lifetime to be by your side. I love you so much.

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