Hey, hurdlers. I'm Leah Badi here, bringing you another installment of Five Minute Friday from Hurtle.

I'm so excited to be here with you. I'm so excited that this beautiful week was such a beautiful week.

I think a lot of us were a little bit on edge going into the inauguration, but the day was just filled with hope and

promise.

I loved what the president said about unifying our country and wanting to show up for everyone,

regardless of whether or not they voted for him.

Even more so, what I adored was seeing Kamala Harris and every single woman that

came up on that stage, whether it was Lady Gaga or Jennifer Lopez, the way that they looked

at her with such admiration and such awe, I think that woman all over the country, you know,

they feel that way and then they look at her

because Kamala is a hard worker and the first female in the White House properly as the vice

president of the United States. Like, it just, it's insane. What I want to talk about today,

like so much of the internet is talking about today, is

Amanda Gorman. Unless you've been living under Iraq, you, and no offense, maybe you've

had a busy week. Amanda Gorman is the poet that spoke and read at the inauguration. She was

the 2017 National Youth Poet Laureate. She graduated from

Harvard. She's a twin from Los Angeles. She has been very successful leading up to the

opportunity to speak at the inauguration. I was reading about her. She has written for the New York Times.

She's had a ton of amazing brand partnerships ranging from Nike to Prada. This young woman is a showstopper.

And the moment that she got up on the stage, she had such a poise and a presence and a confidence

about her that I thought was

really beautiful. And then her words, like, God, as someone who uses words a lot and says a lot of

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