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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s ok to have feelings.  Try to focus on the positive and go easy on yourself and recognize that yes, other people do have it a ton worse than you but that doesn’t mean you are supposed to feel jolly about this dystopian nightmare.

Personally, I take that sadness and I convert it to anger.  Anger at our elected officials who have completely dropped the ball and produced a response that would be expected in a third world country, similar to the one my parents came from. My parents did not immigrate and leave everything and everyone that they love for this shit.

And then I take that anger and I convert it to determination to make decisions: decisions on who to vote for and who to support and how to make change so that my children do not have to go through a completely avoidable experience like this ever again.

I think we all need to produce something, something real from what we are feeling right now.  We are Americans and we should be more empowered than this.[/quote]

I feel very unempowered right now. Those who voted for current leadership last time could just as well do it this time. Also, I am not sure how much difference it makes who’s in power. I would like to think Obama or Hilary in charge would have meant preparedness starting in December, but who knows how much they could have really influenced bureaucracy? Nothing is under my control.

Thanks for your kind responses everyone. By “broken down” I meant that my optimistic, this too shall pass attitude has broken down. I am an immigrant myself, came over at a young age. I love America and I feel it is going down the tubes and it is breaking my heart :-([/quote]

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