It is the day after the midterm elections. And I have to say, the results in Georgia, especially the 7th District, disappointed me. I was hoping for a representative in Congress that would say no to the hatred encouraged by Trump and the Republican Party, that would stand for the rights of the most marginalized and vulnerable people in our society. The official winner hasn’t been determined yet, but it doesn’t look like Carolyn Bourdeaux will win. And in the governor’s race, I am grateful that Stacey Abrams hasn’t conceded yet, in a race that “if it had taken place in another country, the State Department would have questioned its legitimacy.”
It was only after I zoomed out a bit, after I stopped looking at just the results in Georgia, and started seeing what was happening across the country, that my feelings changed. Not changed, exactly — I’m still disappointed and I doubt that feeling will go away any time soon. But for the first time in a long time, I actually feel hope. It is a strange and beautiful thing.