With the 2016 election results, I felt utterly horrified. However, unlike many other people including friends, I knew I would not be rocked deeply to my core day in and day out of the term. This type of destructive character with bravado and a relentless drive to win no matter what the costs was very familiar, as well as the systems in place that support and condone inherent egregious behavior. Years of divorce proceedings groomed me to withstand relentless bombardment of sexism, patriarchy, elitism, and injustice, all cornerstones of our judicial system. As I worked to rise through the oppression, my container for holding varying degrees of emotions simultaneously expanded greatly. So did my awareness, strength of character and resilience. And often during this ordeal starting in 2009, I acknowledged Barack Obama, a President with elegance, wisdom, intelligence, and fortitude, and felt gratitude for a reprieve of not worrying about the direction of our country too.

With the changing of the guard, I found myself quietly saying to myself and my therapist, now everyone is going to have to figure out how to stay stable and sane because I knew what was in store for us.

Into The Fire