President-Elect Donald Trump: I'm Scared

I had a different post planned for today. It's been in the works for a month. I planned on saying goodbye to Donald Trump and telling him how much I was going to miss him. Really! I've written about him eighteen times since March. EIGHTEEN!! As easy as it was to do this, I was ready to let go. I was going to be happy to say goodbye. He could get on with his life and I could get on with mine.

Then Tuesday happened.

I admit that I never saw this happening. According to news reports, he didn't either. We were wrong.

I've been voting since 1972. This was Presidential election number twelve. My record is 5-7. I'm more than okay with that. I don't mind losing. I really think that it's okay that all sides get an occasional chance to govern. It makes us stronger as a people and as a country. I never took it personally.....until today.

My first Donald Trump piece was called Donald Trump Doesn't Scare Me. The gist was about how Trump would be better than Ted Cruz. I really believed that then. Plus, I thought there was no chance a cartoon character could be elected President of the United States. NO CHANCE!! I was either fooling myself or plain out lying because I'm scared now. Real scared. Scared shitless!

I'm scared for all my friends who have Parkinson's, MS, Cancer and any disease that makes it tough, if not impossible to get insurance. I'm scared for all my friends in my age range who depend on Social Security and Medicare to get by. It's not an entitlement! I'm scared for my friends who are trying to escape homelessness. An already uphill battle has just become even tougher. I'm scared for everyone who needs mental health help. Funds for this have already been cut...more to come. I'm scared for LGBTQ community who have fought for equality for so long. I'm scared that we're going back to the days before Roe v Wade. I'm scared about what the Supreme Court is going to look like and its affect on generations to come. I'm scared for Muslims, Mexicans, People of Color, Jews, Women...basically everyone.

It's been a tough day. I've had tough time breathing. It's been tough to relax. I'm getting ready to go for ice cream to make myself feel a little better. I know it's only temporary. In an hour, I'll be scared again....for four years.

Here's the story of attending the Trump non-event in Chicago last March.