PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OPINION

Hey Y’all, How Ya Doin?

We got ourselves a President

Photo by Clay Banks on Unsplash

I don’t know about you, but I’m not doin’ too good!

I live in the South. I am surrounded by Trumpers. I am not a Trumper. I am a devastated American who no longer recognizes my country.

There is no policy so important to me that I could look the other way and vote for a man who promises to be a dictator on day one. A man whose only defense is to insult people. A guy who wants to take away women’s rights. A man who spews hate and vitriol wherever he goes. He is lewd, cruel, and a convicted criminal.

Yet, the majority of Americans knew this about him and didn’t care.

He is an evil man with evil plans and the majority of voters in our country just handed him the honor, privilege, and power to rule our country any way he sees fit. The more despicable his rhetoric became the more his supporters signed on to elect this dangerous man for the second time.

People grieve in different ways, and today I was grieving.

After taking a day off to self-soothe, I feel a little better. I canceled all plans yesterday. I turned off my phone and TV. I sat on my porch and drank coffee and tea, then had a big piece of cake for breakfast and another one for lunch. I watched the birds come to the feeders and bird baths. I listened to their chirping and singing as if nothing devastating had just happened, they just went about their normal day.

As I sat there most of the day in my Kamala tee shirt and leggings, which I wore to bed, I decided to take my cue from the birds.

I will go about my normal day — but not this day. Maybe tomorrow.

Life will go on, but the promises Trump laid out in Project 2025 make me wonder how it will go on. I worry when I think of my kids and grandkids living in a world run by a convicted criminal who idolizes Hitler and has plans to do away with all of our safeguards.

Yes, I am pessimistic, but at the same time, I feel strong in my convictions. I will always oppose — never accept the ideals that Trump and his Maga crowd support.

I just can’t turn a blind eye to this. I believe our country has been forever changed. I believe I have been forever changed. Sometimes tragic events cause a brain burn that you learn to live with, but will never completely heal from.

I can and will survive, of course, but acknowledge that I can feel devastated and worried about our country at the same time. I can’t and won’t deny my concern, but will eventually learn to hide it behind a superficial smile.

For those of you on the other side, please do not bash me in the comments section. What’s done is done and there is no turning back, but I do ask you to write your own opinion piece on how you felt after the election.

God Bless America!