Wandering Along the Path: Right Speech

I was on the phone with my cousin in the midwest when my husband opened the door and said something had happened. I waved him off, because my cousin's daughter had just lost her husband suddenly, and I wanted to support her. I assumed my husband wanted me to see the election results in Georgia, and though I am proud I wrote hundreds of postcards, I don't actually think I can take any credit. It all goes to Stacey Abrams, as I said yesterday. After I was finished with my call, and was feeling full of love for my cousin, I went upstairs and there was the mob. Like high school vandals they were trashing offices and taking selfies. I spent the rest of yesterday stunned and all the bouyancy of Georgia was burst like a balloon. Now I just hope these next 14 days can be gotten through without further horrors. Time has never gone so slowly. Trump is a traitor and criminal, and should be removed right now from office. However, I have no faith in that happening, despite Vice President Pence's adult, responsible behavior yesterday. I dare not relax until the Inaugaration. Americans deserve a break from this lunacy, as we are dealing with so much grief and fear and insecurity. And yes, like everyone else, I noticed that these white frat boys were treated so much better than the Black Lives Matter protestors, who were protesting unwarranted deaths. Citizens dying. We need to do some work, America. We need reparations and then healing, and to kick out those in Congress who are playing power games at our expense. I hope we have the energy for this, because pretending all is well is ridiculous.