It's Kind of a Long Story... about LAST NIGHT
It can happen here.
Hey Drama Goblins,
I… I… I’m so many things. I know you are too. None of them good.
What gets me through is connection. Online, IRL, in any way I can to feel less alone and more validated.
This morning, I felt compelled to connect in this space too.
I’m sharing what I wrote this morning on Facebook.
Please be there for each other. Please know you are not alone.
I’m so glad you’re here,
Lara
America has spoken. And it is broken.
The libs have been owned.
Our forefathers and mothers fought and died in vain.
Susan. Margaret. Martin. Harvey, we have forsaken you.
Decency doesn't matter.
Democracy doesn't matter.
The experiment has failed.
This IS who we are.
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Last night was so eerily reminiscent of 2016. Hopeful friends at my house. This time wearing good luck Chucks instead of a pantsuits.
My Picsean capacity for hope/delusion kicked into high gear:
"It's the red mirage! We were told to expect this. It'll be fine!"
"Those are all rural counties with like 6 votes. It'll be fine."
"Absentee votes lean left. It'll be fine!"
Waving from my porch as my guests are leaving and weeping, and truly believing it will be OK. Pennsylvania will pull through. They haven't counted Guam!
Our children will vote like we raised them to do.
Our elders will vote as though they have a legacy to leave.
It'll be fine.
It's not fine. It is so far from fine.
This is no fluke. This is no blip. This is going to be our reality all day every day and the deplorables will be... not insufferable. Sufferable.
Suffering will happen.
I'll suffer a lot less than my fellow Americans who are in marginalized communities, but my already-shakey nervous system will suffer.
I don't know if I can do this for another 4 years.
I know that I have to.
Lara,
As we are all navigating this dark, dark time and the grief that goes with it, it is necessary to know you are not alone. We are not alone. I worked the polls for 16 hours yesterday after months of writing postcards to battleground states. But sadly, this is what America is/has become. I don't think there are really words for what everyone individually is feeling right now, but there is comfort in knowing that there are people like you out there and we are not alone.❤️🩹