Guest blogger Keisha Whitaker: We arrived in DC on the Saturday before the BIG DAY!!! We were excited and the energy was in the air...RED, WHITE, and BLUE everywhere, flags, banners ... T-SHIRTS!!!

First on our busy schedule was the concert at the Lincoln Memorial. The girls were so EXCITED to see Beyonce, Bruce Springsteen and Bon Jovi among all the amazing artists that performed. It felt like a WOODSTOCK type experience ... We were all having an amazing life changing celebration together. People were holding hands,singing along and crying tears of joy about the change that is upon us. Truly there was hope in the air. As a mother, I felt so happy to hold my girls hands and rock with them. I'm choked up just writing this ... For them to see their father onstage participating in such a celebration honoring the first African American First Family. We were soo proud.

After the concert, our family, along with many of the other artists and their families, had a chance to hear the President and First Lady speak in an intimate setting. Like always, they were both remarkable. The girls all had an opportunity to meet some of the their favorite artists, as well as shake hands with the President and First Lady -- they were overjoyed . I snapped photos like a mammarazzi!!!

On the morning of the Inaguaration, we all woke early and were eager to get going -- and as everyone knows by now it was freezing!!

We decided to dress up for the occasion (something I half regretted), BUT we were excited and proud.

Clad in our trenchcoats, handwarmers, footwarmers, hats, gloves, scarves and Thermacares (Yes, I wrapped their bodies in heated pads used for back pain). It was that cold!!

Our driver Vincent got as close to the Capitol as possible, but it was still about a mile and a half away so we trudged along with people from everywhere. We saw friends walking in the crowd -- and made new ones!!! The ENERGY was amazing and buzzing all around us. There were people as far as the eye can see. When we got to our seats, we turned around and looked behind us and -- my goodness -- it was a BEAUTIFUL SEA of people of all ethnicities waving flags in the air ... It was so breathtaking I actually gasped.

When the swearing in ceremony began, I felt warm despite the weather. We have a ritual we do as a family when we are having an experience -- whether it's a delicious meal, a walk on the beach -- we take a moment and breathe in and SAY we were all here together. At this moment we were there all together watching the Inauguration of the 44th President of the United States Barack Obama. We all took a deep breath in and let the moment sink in to our bodies, soul and spirit.

We watched President Obama get sworn in along with the rest of the world. At that moment on that lawn I hugged my family and strangers. We all wept tears of complete and utter joy and happiness!!

I will never forget that feeling in the air and the looks on all of the faces in the crowd -- the expressions of relief and hope. That day those moments prove my theory that LIFE IS ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES!!!