I didn't realize how emotional I would be tonight.

[rbrnmw]

This is as emotional as I got when President Obama became the nominee. It's bittersweet because my mother who died 3 years ago, would be so happy to see this day finally come to pass.

[JoePhilly]

1. My mom died a little over a year ago.

She was very smart, but her parents decided to not help her go to college so her younger brother could go. He never finished.

My mom, after marriage, took night classes, became a nurse, taught nursing, and then managed a doctor's office.

Another set of cracks in the glass ceiling. She'd be thrilled too.

[bettyellen]

3. What a great inspiration she must have been! My mom worked to send others to school.

[JoePhilly]

9. She was ...

... at her wake ... when they asked if anyone wanted to say anything ... a few family members (me included) told funny stories about her, all of which touched on her passion for helping people ... some who worked with her mentioned her also leadership / mentor-ship ... and then one woman, who none of us knew, told a story of how my mother helped her after she'd been diagnosed with cancer.

My mother had been a cancer survivor and this woman never forgot how my mother helped her. She thought it was a death sentence, and my mother helped her see that it was not.

And so when she heard my mom had passed, she knew she had to come and tell us all. She talked about how my mother's strength helped her.

I've always thought that my mother was one of the strongest people I've ever known. Not just strongest "women". And I'm glad my 2 daughters got to know my mother before she passed. And they also got to hear that woman tell that story.

My mom ... and your mom ... and many other moms ... working hard to help other people. They helped make today possible.

And I'm very excited for what this means for my daughters.

[rbrnmw]

10. My mom was a nurse

[eastwestdem]

12. Mine was a teacher, and it was that generation, who had relatively limited choices of careers

(if they gave in to pressure and chose to work outside of the home)...that raised daughters who built on that progress and were able to make more inroads. Hillary's win tonight is a credit to all of the women who came before her.

[JoePhilly]

13. I think my mother would have ...

... gone into a "helping profession" if her parents helped her go to college out of high school.

Its just the way she was.

But what happened was, my father struggled to find work (he had his own issues). So she took a part-time job as a receptionist at a neighborhood doctor's office. They trained her to take blood, blood pressure, and other basic things. Then she started taking classes. And it took off from there.

She'd be very happy about Hillary tonight.

[tandot]

2. My mom died last year

I wish she could have experienced this

[tallahasseedem]

4. I found myself tearing up...

much like 2008 when the President locked it up. I love both of them!

[mcar]

5. Me neither

I've been tearing up all night.

[YouDig]

6. Yeah, emotions coming up here too. Also so proud of Hill's speech, and how she's dealt with

all the bullshit and keeps getting stronger.

[k8conant]

7. Nor did I realize how unemotional I'd be tonight:

Just watching the returns at nytimes.com and waiting to see what happens and avoiding any media misspeak and hoopla.

My daughter was telling me this evening how great Hillary is but I just can't see that in what I've seen thus far.

Of course, I have had many years of disappointment in this country and its rampant "exceptionalism". I guess maybe it's time for a woman to prove that some women can be as bad as some men but I just don't see how that proves or improves anything.

[jzodda]

8. My mom died in May 2012 and I thought about her

Especially when she mentioned her own mom. It made me a bit emotional as well.

[rbrnmw]

11. I cried at that point too