My snowflakes melted.

[Zinhead]

Here’s just one reason: because millions of girls and young women, who have either been victims of sexual harassment/assault or have heard horror stories from those who have, will soon have as their president a person who models this abhorrent behavior.

As opposed to a president that covered up the much worse sexual harassment/assault of her husband while he was governor/president?

D15 is a sophomore. She is tender hearted with a strong global perspective. She is feminist, pro-immigrant, and a champion of voting rights and human rights. She melted on election night. She didn’t know what to say to her friend the Dreamer whose future is now entirely up in the air. She didn’t know what to say to her friend who has been sexually assaulted and now fears no one will ever believe her. She didn’t know how to comfort her african american cousin whose roommate is a proud and exultant Trump voter. She melted. My baby who never cries, cried. She didn’t miss any classes and she is turning in all her work but she is gutted, shattered. I have spent countless hours on the phone mostly telling her it’s okay to be sad. It’s okay to grieve. It’s been a tough week.

I tell my kids not to be worried about things you cannot control, and concentrate your efforts on things you can control. Following this mantra will save much aggravation and grief in their lives. While we certainly were interested in the election, there was not much joy or angst in our household at the outcome, and that would have been true had it gone the other way.