Looking at the exit polls, it seems clear that the “baton has been passed”, so to speak. Obama’s presidency was secured by the young vote. Every generation sees a passing of the baton. I just don’t feel old enough to be the one passing it backward! LOL
At any rate, while running the country is miles apart from moving out on your own the first time, I will say that the dread I’m experiencing right now over the next four years feels very familiar — it feels like the gut-wrenching concern I had when my eldest moved out on her own for the first time to make all her decisions on her own and, putting it mildly, sink or swim.
When she moved back home she half-jokingly accused me of having made it look too easy… the bill paying, budgeting, managing your time wisely, promoting yourself at work, inch by inch winning a little more comfortable existence. She learned a lot though, and of course so did I.
I just sincerely hope this generation, the one who received this weighty baton, is as self-correcting as my eldest. If they are, we’ll be okay.
