Election Day

The day is finally here, the one we’ve been excited for and dreading all at once - Election Day.  Of course I voted early and of course I voted for Kamala Harris - was there ever any question?  I remember so vividly the hope and excitement voting for a female candidate in 2016 and the absolute heartbreak of watching the late night numbers come in while at LAX, and the cautious optimism and flood of relief when waking up on Saturday morning to learn Biden/Harris had defeated that lunatic in 2020.  The fact that we're back here again, fighting for our rights and freedoms and the state of democracy as we know it is infuriating - how can you even debate with people who think a convicted felon and sex offender who worships dictators and only cares about billionaires and wants to tank the economy and put any dissenters in jail or worse should be running this country?  It's absurd.  Instead of voting for a candidate who tries to divide us with hateful rhetoric, insults, and threats, how about we flip the page once and for all on this clown and vote for kindness, decency, inclusion, and hope?  There are enough things to feel hopeless about {climate change, the US healthcare system, restrictions on reproductive rights, no paid family leave, wars around the world} that we don't need to make it worse by voting for someone who praises dictators and champions violence against his enemies - we need someone who will unite us, who cares about our freedoms and our futures, our health and happiness and incomes and ability to live the best life we can.  I'm voting for my future, for my family's future, for a better world, for peace and unity, and for the government to stay the hell out of my doctor's office - as Tim Walz says, mind your own damn business. The world is watching - don't be on the wrong side of history.  Now let's all take a deep breath, pour a glass of wine, go for a walk, and send all the good Harris/Walz vibes out there into the universe and the voting booths.  I'll cheers to that.

xoxo,

stephanie marie