The Day After

After working the polls from 6:30am to almost 9pm yesterday, I came home and took a scalding hot shower. I didn't check any headlines because I was so thoroughly exhausted my body could not handle more. I needed to crawl under 17 blankets and go to sleep and I kept whispering, "PLEASE, OMG PLEASE" as I fell asleep.

Obviously, I was deeply disturbed and disheartened to wake up and see the numbers. I feel ill just thinking about the message this sends to so many; those whose basic human rights are on the line, as well as kids, who we're always telling to be kind, not lie, and be inclusive. There's a hell of a lot of enabling and hypocrisy in action up and down the ballot.

I need to do serious restorative and protective work today but let me also just say that my body expressed its feelings about the state of this country by bleeding out. Earlier than usual and literally right after I read the headlines.

For those of you who are hurting and stressing and dismayed and shocked I see you and I am with you.