If that made you cry Trisher try this:
So it was a rough night. As my alarm woke me I was trying to convince myself it was just a nightmare I had in my sleep.
Then I came downstairs to find a post it from my daughter saying "I love you" on my desk and then she she showed me a flick book she made of a stick man diving. She is 7, she is clever, beautiful, fearless, full of dreams, creativity and ideas.
Any yet seeing her this morning stung my eyes with tears. Because this morning means that in the most powerful country in the world, it's now seen as OK to hate women, to put them down, to use and abuse them, to take away their rights to their own bodies, to think them less than men.
If every woman in the US had stood up for herself, had believed in herself and respected herself, this morning would be different. In fact if that were true, that man wouldn't even have been on the ballot.
But the fact is that when those undecided "swing" voters stood in a booth, they could manage to put aside reservations about a total lack of experience, about a man only interested in self promotion who has stirred up fear and hate against minorities, mocked the disabled, called bereaved service families terrorists, who wants to remove rights and healthcare and bully people for their religion. They could put all that aside, but they couldn't bring themselves to put a cross next to a well qualified woman, who wants to protect them, accused of everything, and convicted of nothing.
But my daughter is growing up in a world where truth no longer seems to matter as much as self interest and blame. Where dreams are crushed in favour of fear, where tribalism is more important than caring for each other. Where you would let others suffer, so you might keep a little more for yourself.
It's a world where it's OK to hate more than you love. To blame more than you understand.
My daughter said " I think the lady should have won."
So do I.
