Tonight I am grateful that the Presidential campaign is over, and with the outcome I had hoped for. I am grateful for our President, for this kind, decent, brilliant man willing to sacrifice himself and lead our broken and divided nation into the future. I am so grateful to see my fellow Americans turn their backs on politicians who have spent the past 6 months inundating us with their small-minded bigotry. I am grateful for all the votes for equality-- Maine, Maryland, Washington. I am grateful for this moment of hopefulness about the future, even as it is tempered with fear that nothing can possibly can possibly change in such a polarized society. But for tonight-- gratitude, pure and simple.
Also, I am grateful that tomorrow is like a Friday, and that Friday is a half day. I am tired today. This may be due to the overflowing gratitude happening last night around midnight, the celebratory beer and dancing around the living room with my dog that kept me up well past my bedtime. I am grateful that elections like this one only come every four years.
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