Like so many other people, I woke up this morning thinking that yesterday's election was a bad dream. But it's not. It's an event that we will tell our kids about some day. Truthfully, I desperately want Trump to prove everyone (like me) wrong in his actions over the next four years, but I have little faith.
Good things today:
1. I started doing some laundry so that tomorrow I can pack for my trip to Calgary to see my Wifey this weekend. I'm excited to be with her -- to talk with her without one of us having to tell our kids to "put your penis away", to go to bookstores with her, to buy her Starbucks, to stay up late talking, to sleep in, to go for breakfast with her. I just really can't wait. She's my soul sister; she's my sister-in-spirit.
2. I had a therapy appointment today. This was the first appointment that I went to where I truly felt that I have made significant progress in my anxiety and OCD. That feels amazing.
I really will write a blog post about how things are going sometime soon. I will be stuck on an airplane for a few hours on Friday morning, so maybe then :-)
3. There is so much anger, sadness, and hatred in the wake of this election. The division is frightening and devastating. But, as people come together to support, provide comfort, and figure out where the hell to go from here, something really beautiful is happening. I saw this photo on Twitter. This is what I'm talking about; this is the beauty to be found in this nightmare.
The way that people are uniting after this election parallels the way that people gather together in the face of a family crisis or death. The resulting deepening of existing relationships and creation of new, deep bonds is yet another parallel that can be drawn. Though I'm not American, I've personally experienced this myself and it's nothing short of incredible. We're all reacting and we're reacting together.
While I wish people weren't coming together to share love and support under such circumstances, there is beauty in the way people have united together in a type of protective huddle. They will feed off of one another's strength and move forward together. And right now, we need to look for beauty.
Goodnight, Friends.
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