I never thought of myself as an activist. However everything in me, everything I am, was raised to be, everything in me that knows right from wrong, is compelled to resist what is happening to our country. I know our rights, I have a basic understanding of what rights and laws are afforded to us in The Constitution. I will never understand how an entire party can sit back and let one man systematically destroy everything this country stands for. I resist for me, for generations to come, our children and grandchildren. They deserve more than us just sitting back and letting it happen. They deserve more than to live out A Handmaid’s Tale. They deserve the freedoms that my father, my uncles, my fiancé fought for.
My daughter is my inspiration, my reason. Without realizing I did it, I must have raised her right. She is compassionate, loving, amazing. She will stand for those who have no voice. She will stand for the rights that her ancestors before her fought for. She will stand for the children, women’s rights, LGBTQ rights, Veterans rights. She will stand for what we all know is right, as we all should. I have stood with her and have felt the passion for the cause swimming around her, from her, and I believe. I believe we can do this. I believe there are enough of us to make a difference. I have to believe we can make a difference. Who in their right mind can sit back, everytime something new surfaces, everytime another lie is spun out of control, and do nothing. I have lived through a bunch of presidents; I have never seen the office so disgraced, have never seen a more disrespected man take that office. Disrespect that’s well deserved. I am embarrassed for our country, for what we’ve become. A president who condemns, alienates, and insults our longstanding allies, finds joy in ripping our hard won rights away, cozies up to longstanding adversaries, spends more time tweeting and golfing on our dime than actually running the country. Who has bribed, coerced, and likely
