pledge – Plum Joyful https://plumjoyful.com Tue, 15 Nov 2016 07:45:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.2.20 https://i2.wp.com/plumjoyful.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/cropped-favorite.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 pledge – Plum Joyful https://plumjoyful.com 32 32 101224769 An apology and a pledge to my daughter after the election https://plumjoyful.com/apology-pledge-daughter-election/ https://plumjoyful.com/apology-pledge-daughter-election/#comments Tue, 15 Nov 2016 07:45:46 +0000 http://plumjoyful.com/?p=1229 I have spent the last week in a daze. My emotions spinning like a lazy Susan at a diner overloaded with mismatched condiments. Fear, anger, sadness, revulsion, confusion, hope, then back full circle to fear. I am not sure how this happened, and it most certainly doesn’t feel real, but every time I turn on my laptop or the TV I am reminded that it most certainly is. I  woke up on Tuesday morning smiling and energized, which for a mom who hasn’t slept through the night in over two years is really saying something. It was election day and your Dad and I were taking you to the polls with us because I wanted you to see your mama vote for the first female president in history. But truth be told, it was so much more than that. This election felt like a true battle between good and evil, right and wrong. The delineation between the two candidates was so stark, so black and white that is was almost impossible to see it any other way. I’m not religious but it felt almost biblical. I wanted you to bear witness to your mother and many other Americans standing up […]

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