Remember Well

Do you remember the first time you voted?

I remember it well.

I turned eighteen in 1972, which was the first year a person could vote unless they were twenty-one.

I remember being taught about that privilege in American Government class, then loaded up in a school bus and taken to the court house to register to vote.

I felt a great deal of awe and pride that I was given this responsibility so young. I read the newspaper and talked to my daddy about who was running, what they stood for, what I should consider.

Then, I voted.

I have voted consistently since that year.

I remember the last time I voted, too.

I sure hope you remember it; I hope it's in your short term memory bank.