This is why I have been more depressed than usual the last couple of weeks. It's only going to get worse the closer the election gets, and I'm convinced I won't have any rights by this time next year.

Does it help to know you’re not alone - in your despair, in your anguish, in your grief (for all the potential we had, as a country)? To help me focus, I’m planning ritual, a personal ceremony, where I will allow myself to grieve for my family’s future. The Saturday morning after.