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Thank you for your hard work in securing our sanctuary. I was on the site when the hack actually happened and could not figure out what the heck was going on, but I had a feeling that it was an early warning that things may not go as well as we had all hoped and prayed. Little did we know just how bad it would get as the night wore on, and not having DU to turn to made things so very much worse.

I realize now how much I depend on this site. We have a population of some of the smartest, most witty and compassionate adults on the world wide web and I am truly thankful to the administrators for their hard work in keeping this site on point and relevant for us - it surely is not an easy job and I encourage everyone to spend that little bit of money that you would spend on a cup of coffee every month to help them keep this running for us by becoming a member as I have been for years.

I felt like I needed therapy after the shock of this election and am still going through the five stages of grief, sometimes all 5 in the span of a day! Working at the VA I am seeing the best and the worst up close and personal, and both are heartbreaking for different reasons that I cannot go into because of the nature of my position.

I know we should try to make the best of this but all I can think of is my 16 year old gay grandson who is scared to death when a month ago he was empowered, my granddaughter who is being bullied by little trumpettes at her school, family members who may be harmed beyond measure by upcoming slashes and cuts - heck, I could be out of a job if he privatizes the VA. There is much damage that can be done in 4 years.

My biggest heartache is knowing that the majority did not want this, so how did it happen? And I mean, it really happened, hate won. Fear won. Discrimination won. I don't mean on a personal level, but in this election - it did and it cannot be denied. Everything that we KNOW is wrong with society now has the power to tip the scales into darkness.

We will get past this and see the light - we can't exist in this type of energy for long, the soul will seek light, but this truly is the dark night of the soul for many of us and we need someone to help us get to a better place. I wish our President could guide us there (Obama, MY President for life), because I just can't get there myself right now.

To Madam Secretary and the People's Choice - Hillary Clinton, my light bows to your light.

Namaste to all.

Annette, ashamed to be in Florida which should have been Hillary's.