Hey friends. How are we doing? I know. I know. Probably not doing too great. I was up all night watching the results of the election.

I was tossing and churning.

I couldn't sleep.

I woke up with a pit in my stomach.

I've been on the phone all morning talking to different people, hearing them

express their concern and their fears and hearing them cry.

I know.

I've read so many of your DMs and messages.

You're not alone. I feel this too. I really do. And I know this is so fresh and I know that we're feeling all kinds of things. And I want to just say that you're allowed to feel those things.

You have permission to feel the way you're feeling,

and we hold space for all of that. And I've been thinking about what do we do?

Like, how do we start whatever the next step is? I think we start that by first acknowledging

that hate won today. And that sucks. We watched a presidential election cycle

where one person routinely demonized immigrants are trans neighbors, our queer neighbors,

our bi-pocket neighbors, women, et cetera. And it's really hard to wrestle with the reality

that 75 million people voted for that.

So let's just start there. We acknowledge that this is a really dark moment in American history.

But it's also important to allow ourselves to feel. You know, the nap ministry, a great account I recommend

following them. Their tagline is rest is resistance. We have a long journey ahead. This is only

the beginning. Take time for yourself. Take time to feel what you feel. Take time to rest. Take time

to hug your families. To find the moments of joy in your everyday life.

Start reaching out to others in love, to others who are hurting. Because our job is to pick ourselves

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