ballot blues

Today is election day. I hope you have/will vote in this very important election. We are suffering much anxiety along with our excitement this time around; having been involved in the whole process more than ever before. We attended the caucus meetings, served as delegates, walked a precinct to encourage voter registration, and it is daughter Hannah’s first election. She is excited about this opportunity to vote and has been studying the issues and candidates on her own (I’ve tried not to influence her). Last Halloween she dressed as the scariest thing she could think of, Hillary Clinton; this year she took a lighter side and dressed as “Joe the Plumber”. We have enjoyed the Saturday Night Live sketches and political cartoons in the paper, but remind ourselves that this really is serious stuff, our nation hangs in the balance.