And I’ll just cry one more time.

thank you

Well, if it helps even a little, my 61-year-old lily-white self, my 86-year-old mother, and my 92-year-old evangelical aunt voted for Hillary. We’re all stunned and teary today.

Thank you for bringing a smile to my face with “the jackass whisperer.”

My daughter is 7 months and I keep looking at her and crying.

This is what I ended up going with. It’s about as much forgiveness and teachable-momenty as I can muster right now, tbh.

Nope, this!

You said exactly what’s been hurting so hard all day—that we lost this brilliant, deeply qualified candidate to an unqualified man. I can’t imagine what she’s feeling right now, but I’m mourning the loss of her potential as a president, and the reflection of what our country thinks of women who dare to seek leadership…

Yeah, my boyfriend thinks this is unfortunate, but he doesn’t really take it personally. Men.

I opened a fortune cookie (wallowing in Chinese and ice cream treats) and the slip of paper said, “Faithless is he who quits when the road darkens.”

They aren’t reachable. We have to take this one on the chin and let them fail themselves.

I started my day the same. Actually, I had a hideous dream about the election, woke up at 2AM hoping it wasn’t real, then cried myself back to sleep when the internet confirmed it was. Then I woke up crying again. I’m so relieved that I could work from home today because there’s no way I would’ve made it without…

This was my morning as well. My five year old daughter crawled into bed and asked me if we could watch more election. I told her it was over. She asked who won. When I told her, she burst into tears.

I am sure that she is fine now, and won’t dwell like I have. But that was a gut punch for me. Especially because I…

Don’t forgive her if you don’t want to. She’s the one who ruined your friendship and helped ruin this country and she can just deal with the debris.

I woke up crying. My alarm went off and I just sobbed.

Spent most of this morning alternating between numb shock and crying so hard I started dry heaving. Many in my office were openly weeping as well. I feel like the country I love so much has rejected me and everything I stand for. Contemplated moving away. Threw myself into my work, and avoided all news media the same…

Thank you for the open thread and the amazing coverage.

Today I registered to volunteer for Planned Parenthood and signed up to make monthly donations to the ACLU.

The White House staff looking on during Pres. Obama’s remarks today:

I never thought election results could make me cry and feel like I’m at a funeral. That’s how I feel right now, as if someone dear to me has died.