Well that didn't quite turn out how I wanted it to

I can hardly express how disappointed I am with the election results. I am so proud to have supported Hillary and voted for her. I feel like we let her down, though, by not bringing this home. She deserved better. In an email to supporters, Hillary wrote:

And to all the little girls watching right now, never doubt that you are valuable and powerful and deserving of every chance and opportunity in the world.

She makes me proud. I'm proud that a woman was finally the presidential nominee for a major political party - it took long enough. I hope it won't take quite so long for it to happen again.

Amy is upset with the election results, especially the fact that Hillary won the popular vote while losing the Electoral College. It actually helped me to have to explain to her that even though our preferred candidate didn't win, we have to stay positive. It's not as if we can root for him to fail, because then we fail too. And I'm also telling myself that even though the Republicans have control of the House, Senate and the Oval Office, Congress really doesn't see eye to eye with the Donald, so I don't think he can implement every frightening thing he's proposed.

It's going to be even more important to support the LGBTQ community now, and all people of color. I'm frightened that they may lose the slow, hard-earned progress they've made. The rest of us will have to step up more and support him.

I do honestly believe that the long months on the campaign trail have had some affect on Trump. I doubt he ever in his life had so much interaction with "real" people, and I think maybe he 'gets it' a little more. The question will be - is it enough?

For the sake of our country's future, I certainly hope so.