Thank You to Mitt

I felt the need today to write a little card to Mitt Romney. Not that my little voice matters. But I can only imagine how hard it would be to campaign and fight and work for something you truly believe in and then one day it is all just over. It has to be so heartbreaking. I just wanted him to know it was for a reason and that he was appreciated. That for me, he made a difference. I wrote...


Dear Gov. Romney,                                                                            November 7, 2012

    Today, amidst the disappointment over yesterday's election, I have an overwhelming sense of gratitude for you. If you ask my family and friends I was always the one to avoid politics. I didn't trust politicians or their motives. But with you I saw a love of your country and it's citizens as your motivation. I saw what a sacrifice it was for you and your family and yet you submitted to the rigors of a campaign because you cared and saw how you could help. 
     
    I just wanted you to know for me, while I really wish you were my president, your campaign was still a success. You made me believe that there are still good people out there whose motivation is to do good, not just gain power. You made me take my role as a citizen of this nation more seriously. You made me appreciate the good in America so much more. I will forever be grateful to you for that. 
     
    Thank you from the bottom of my heart for caring about me, the little guy, enough to uproot your life in the pursuit of trying to give people like me a chance. You and your wonderful wife will clearly do good where ever it is you go or whatever you do. You have my best wishes and prayers on your behalf. Thank you again for making a difference.

                                                                                                Sincerely,
                                                                                                Sarah Young

Election Results

    I would be lying if I said I didn't find myself crying in the shower this morning after hearing the results of yesterday's election. The economy has been so hard on our family over the last four years. Justin was laid off from a great job at Yahoo after the economy went bust. We scraped by for 14 months, unable to find a new job, eating from our food storage, living on severance and me working to fill in the gaps. We took a job a single man would have a hard time supporting himself on, much less a family of six and tried to be grateful for it. We have fought hard to hang on to and be responsible for a house that the current market has decimated in value. Then taking the leap of trying to start a new business to better our lives and getting slammed with outrageous small business taxes. It's just so hard because it seems like the harder we work, the harder we try, the more we get beat down. I had hope for something different for this country. But now with four more years of the current state ahead of me, hope seems distant and the thought of looking forward to what we have just been through makes me weary. But I am going to put on my big kid pants, continue to be a fighter and try to hope. For this country and for this president. And at the end of it all know that even if everything else fails me, my God never will.