1. To all of the mothers out there who were hoping to wake up Wednesday morning and tell your daughters that we finally have a woman President but seemed to be heartbroken over the reality of what you woke to. Many of you stated that you didn't know what to tell them now. This is just something I can not seem to understand. Obviously, if Hillary Clinton was meant to be our first female President, then she would be. She is not. I truly believe that one day a worthy female candidate will present herself and it will be obvious that she was mean't to lead this country. Until that day comes you can tell your daughters exactly what happened. Explain to them that we live in a wonderful nation that gives us the freedom to choose who will lead us. Tell them that even though we may disagree with the outcome, it doesn't change the values we hold. Tell them that no President will ever make this country perfect. Tell them they can make a difference every single day by showing kindness to everyone they meet. Show them how to be a strong leader and a strong woman. Don't sit back and expect someone you see on TV, whom you have never met, to lead them towards greatness. Be the woman you want them to become. Whether you are a stay at home mom or have a career, show them the love and the passion you have for what you do. I can promise you, that will mean more to them and any President will.
2. Please, for the love of all that is Holy stop calling everyone who voted for Trump racist, bigots, homophobes, or whatever else you can conjure up. Please stop saying that this has set us back decades. Maybe you should take a second to go speak to someone who was in their prime a few decades ago. Let them explain to you what it was like to live in the South during the 50's and 60's. Let them explain to you what it was like to be drafted to War with no choice. Leaving your country, your safety, and your family to go fight for a better future for people you will never meet. For people who today think it's an act of free speech to burn our flag in the street. How disgraceful and despicable you are.
3. When, as a country, we have roughly 104,000 children waiting to be adopted we don't have a Presidential problem, we have a personal problem. I want you to sit and think about this for a second. Think about every single one of those children who aren't being loved on enough, who are being moved from foster home to foster home, and who will likely never know what it's like to grow up with one or two loving parents. Maybe, just maybe if we can fix our parenting problem, then a lot of our other issues will take care of themselves. If we can look past our own selfish desires and give just one of these kids a home, then focus on raising them to be honorable, kind, loving, and selfless individuals we will have successfully changed our country for the better.
Before you whine and cry about our President-elect please take a moment and think about what you've done to help change our country, or even your county, for the better. You complain about the possible disbanding of Planned Parenthood, but have you ever actually done anything to help a single mother or do you just expect the government to help. You want us to live in a safe country but have you served your country or even supported the men and women who volunteer to protect you. You want racism to stop but are you spreading love daily or are you just spreading more hate. A changed country doesn't start with a new President, it starts with a new perspective from its citizens.