I was reading the NYT on a plane this morning about Obama’s speech to Turkey’s Parliament. So many thoughts went through my mind – from my Turkish grandparents whose ancestors were welcomed into a secular country all the way to a president who is so close to my diverse background and able to reach across racial and religious divides and inject the personal, to be familiar to a stranger. The cab that picked me up at the airport had the pale blue Turkish eye hanging from his rearview mirror – I asked him if he was Turkish – no, Armenian – I said did you hear Obama’s speech – and he said he read about it. I told him I cried when I read his speech, how he was able to address Turkey, Muslims, Armenians, Europeans, Americans and represent a unified theme – wow, am I dreaming?