"Patriotism swells in the heart of the american bear"
I haven't been able to write about the election yet, because it's still just sinking in that my vote actually counted and that this dream is manifest, but I keep catching myself feeling an optimism about the future that I haven't felt in a very long time and that a big part of me feared I would never feel again. I am unspeakably happy and have cried several times when thinking of the potential for progress that I feel swelling in our country now. Yes, despite my fading disbelief... I do feel hope.
