Did you vote?

I sure hope you took the time to go out and vote.  I am both ashamed and proud to let you know that this is the first year I have ever voted.  I was eligible the last time but had my head up something and didn’t realize the importance of it.  Now I do.  This is one of the most important rights we as Americans have and we should all exercise that right and vote.

Someone heard me complaining about something to do with our government and asked me if I voted in the last election.  I told them I had not and they told me I had no right to say anything then because I left it up to everyone else to choose our current government and if I wanted the right to complain, then I needed to vote.  Then and only then, they said, did I have a right to complain.  I thought about what they had said and I agree with them.  Well this time, I did my civic duty and I voted.  I hope you did too.