I'm sitting here amazed by what just took place in our country. I cannot believe our soon to be President will be Donald Trump.
Disappointed. That about sums up my feelings about the whole process and the aftermath of this election. There is so much ugliness out there, both sides.
I was neither him nor her. Now friends and family ASSUMED they knew which way I would vote but they can assume all they want. I never tried to stuff my political beliefs or sway anyone to vote for either him nor her because in my eyes both were unqualified for different reasons. I even told my children to read up on the candidates, look at their political history (or lack thereof) and make their own decisions.
As a woman, I couldn't justify voting for Trump. He is vile and he is very narrow minded. I am afraid of him being our next commander in chief. But I also couldn't vote for Hillary just based on the fact that she was a woman. Her faults were not just emails, those emails could have endangered so many lives and a woman of her education and background should have known that, she was our first lady, she knew the protocol. She also wasn't always a supporter of the LGBT community.
The bottom line is, we as a country failed way before these elections. People ask, how did we get here? We got here by not taking our responsibilities seriously. Have conversations, discuss issues at hand, support people who want to make the right kind of change for our country. Don't support someone merely based on your dislike for someone, find someone aligned with your views and support them.
I was not with her. But I was not with him. I told my children to watch this election and observe how assumptions would play out.
This is all I will say about this election. My heart hurts because of the ugliness out there. People say how ugly he is by spewing out words of hate and anger. Does it make it better? You want change, change starts with you, share your positivity, make it so people cannot deny it and want to bask in it. This country needs healing and that starts with all of us.
