SurvivingSara

Tag: Election

  • January 6, 2025

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    Oh, look! Congress certified Trump’s Presidential Election today ahead of the inauguration on January 20th. The democratic process is following the constitutional rules of how a President is elected. What a beautiful thing, and I never thought certifying the results of an election would stir such patriotism in me. No one held a rally for…

  • This is US?

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    Each election is an opportunity to endorse your values by voting for the candidate who is most aligned. My takeaways from yesterday include the baring of the American soul as it lives and breathes these days. I was so wrong about the true character of “the land of the free and the home of the…

  • Georgia On My Mind

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    How naive I was to think all of the hullabaloo would end after November 3, 2020, election day. It was going to be over, one way or another. We weathered the SCOTUS election decision involving W. Bush and Gore. We thought that was extraordinary! The winner was clear. President-elect Biden won both the popular vote…

  • Here we go!

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    Election day is finally here! Hopefully, tonight we will know the results, but it could take a couple weeks to get all the votes counted. I have been awestruck and inspired by all the early voting. It gives me hope. I voted for the soul of our country.

  • Where is this?

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    Here I am in a new place. The travel itinerary for the last year, 12 months – not calendar, has been one of exploring roadside attractions I had visited previously or those in which I certainly had no interest. Severe, suicidal depression was the first stop. I am so familiar with depression, I was sure…