I won’t pretend the path I’m offering is quick or easy, I never have; you did not elect me to tell you want to what you wanted to hear. You elected me to tell you the truth

The DNC has officially come to an end.

            President Obama reminded Americans to hold onto hope and look forward. Nothing comes quick and easy in life. Change takes time, and we must have faith that we are on the right course.

Like Lincoln, Obama came into office with one crisis dominating his agenda. But on Thursday night, the president flaunted other achievements: Obamacare, the death of Bin Laden, the rescue of Detroit. His plan was light on specifics but what he made me feel was that, despite the downturn, the foundations are in place for a new era of growth.

He has seen our country through some dark, dark days, and he, alone, has made decisions, always with input, always with advice. But when it comes time to make the call, he's made the call. Now he's the president of the United States, and after his speech at the Democratic National Convention on Thursday, there is no room for even a hint of a question of how seriously he takes his job.

But most importantly, with his speech, Obama reminded us of how seriously we must take ours.

We are the change, he reminded us. We are. If we lose hope, if we stop striving, if we stop pushing, if we stop embracing people because they are not like us, our country stops. We are the engine of this great nation.

My family has a lot at stake in this election: education, college, women's rights, jobs and health care. I listened carefully for those issues in Obama's speech, and he provided me with hope that America is on the right path. His positions on jobs, taxes, energy, education, and war and peace will have a huge impact on generations to come.

I appreciated his statement that hard work will pay off, responsibility will be rewarded, and everyone should play by the same rules. I agree that firing teachers won't help us grow our economy or compete with China. Teachers not only educate students, they teach them to be citizens. Obama's position that no child should have dreams deferred resonated soundly with me, as did his statement that "teachers must inspire; principals must lead; parents must instill a thirst for learning, and students, you've got to do the work." Obama's speech delivered a clear choice for my family and for America.

“If you turn away now, if you buy into the cynicism that the change we fought for isn’t possible…well change will not happen, if you give up on your voice to make a difference then other voices will fill the void lobbyists and special interests; the people with the $10 million checks who are trying to buy this election and those who are making it harder for you to vote; Washington politicians who want to decide who you can marry, or control health care choices that women should make for themselves.”

Obama contended with a simple “I won’t pretend the path I’m offering is quick or easy, I never have; you did not elect me to tell you want to what you wanted to hear. You elected me to tell you the truth”

It was great and inspiring to know who is on the people side. There is a different between President Obama's speech and the Republicans candidate’s speeches. President Obama speaks with sincerity and compassion for the people and the economy, while Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan speak lies with a big ego.

The night also included some big names such as Scarlett Johansson and Eva Longoria, Johansson dressed in stilettos, a tan blazer and a shirt featuring an American flag, spoke about growing up in a struggling middle class family in NYC. Her family was dependent on benefits for school transportation and food; she also said that some of her friends still depend on Planned Parenthood and Medicaid “That’s why I’m here today,” she said. “To use whatever attention I’m fortunate enough to receive to shed the spotlight on what’s at stake for all of us.” She then contended with a line that seems to have scared Democrats “I’m not going to tell you who to vote for,” she said. “I’m here to ask you to commit to vote.”

Longoria, wearing a conservative blue dress, spoke about growing up in Corpus Christi. Her mother works as a special education teacher and her father on an army base. “There was one cardinal priority: education,” she said, Because money was tight. Longoria had many jobs to pay back her student loans, some include flipping burger at Wendy’s and changing oil at a mechanic shop.

This led to an attack on the Romney Campaign by Miss Longoria “Mitt Romney would raise taxes on middle-class families to cut his own and mine. And that’s not who we are as a nation. And I’ll tell you why,” she said. “The Eva Longoria who worked at Wendy’s flipping burgers, she needed a tax break. But the Eva Longoria who worked on movie sets does not.” “I'm here not just as an actress,” Washington said, “but as a woman, an African American, a granddaughter of immigrants who came from Ellis island, a person who could not have afforded college without the help of student loans and as one of millions of volunteers working to reelect President Obama.”

What really brought home the reelection of Mr. Obama was one of the quotes that Senator Kerry put forth “President Obama has kept his promises,” Kerry declared. “Ask Osama Bin Laden if he is better off now than he was four years ago.