I'm finally feeling my fight beginning to come back.
After 11/8, I felt so defeated, depressed, and dejected that I thought I would never recover. I honestly felt worse and more desolate than when family members had died. Then I realized that I was in mourning not just for one person, but for the planet. But after reding your posts and seeing the protests erupting after every Oval Office horror, I feel a little bit more of my fight coming back. I still have my t.v. semi-permanently tuned to the Classical Music channel, but I am starting to branch out. I thought that, after 5 decades of fighting for justice on this planet only to see fascism descend upon Washington, I was too tired to care anymore, but I'm discovering that I'm not.
I'd like to thank you, my fellow DUers for helping me get my fight back, too. You've been here for me since 2002, and I'm grateful for you every day.
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but lots to fight for.
And it's not just fellow DUers. I'm finding that people I barely know are upset enough that they feel the need to talk about it. Trump's latest dangerous decision was the topic today at my dentist's office. And recently a woman who I'd never met before - just happened to sit next to her at a meeting - took the opportunity afterwards to give me an earful about how awful Trump is. She had no way of knowing what I thought, guess I must have looked sympathetic, LOL. It really does make a difference to know we're all in this together... 
