We heard good things from our candidate on the radio and then watched the debate. While he didn't start out as the most poised speaker I thought that he came into his own by the end of the debate. We were still confident that he was the man for the job. While anything would be better than current administration this man would be MUCH better for our city.
Anyway... that was a bit of a tangent.
When we were approaching our voting place we encountered a man. Husband recognized him right away and called him by name. I had never met a political candidate before. It was more exciting that it happened to be the person that we were voting for in this election. Husband shook his hand and introduced me. At that point W.G. looked at Miss L and asked her name. She went right up to him and shook his hand. (Proud mama moment!) He asked he how old she was -- at this point she has never been really consistent in answering this questions -- she promptly said two and held up the appropriate number of fingers. (Proud mama moment!) So, W.G. chatted with us some and with Miss L until she pointed out that he had blue eyes as did her sister. It was a humorous conclusion to say the least.
We walked in and did our civic duty. Miss L all of a sudden wanted to see the "baby" which meant trying to expose my tummy. Ummmm... thanks! HA! She put my envelope in the box and all was good to go.
As we were leaving Miss L caught sight of W.G. and pulled Daddy along with her to talk to him again. I appreciated that he found her so entertaining and worth talking to. He got down on her level and they had their own little conversation again. At the end of the conversation W.G. gave Miss L his sticker off his shirt. She was SO excited. Why? Because it was a BIG sticker... at least in her world. She took off her "small" sticker and gave it to Daddy. She was a pretty happy girl.
Funny.
Needless to say she spoke about the encounter all day. She mentioned it a few times Sunday. She cannot say his last name very well but I can generally figure out the "g" and "t" sounds and put it all together when she randomly references W.G.
We hope W.G. makes it to the run off and is ultimately elected to office. However, beyond his political stance we found him to be a very kind man. Someone that we would most likely be friends with in every day life and would love to have as a neighbor.
Yes, so that was our brush with political fun.
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