Third Anniversary of Our Tragedy

Three long years have passed since the last time I saw my beloved daughter and said good-bye to her before leaving the house. Time has NOT healed my wound. Certain wounds never heal. A broken heart and an anguished soul, due to the loss of one's child, never heal. The pain has stubbornly remained, hidden from others' view, but fully exposed again by a simple word of sympathy and remembrance. On the surface, it may seem as our lives have stayed on course without much change; however, that is simply an illusion, a false reality that only others see. The changes that have taken place are not visible to the naked eye because they have affected our souls, our very existence as human beings, our thoughts, our dreams, our hopes, and the future. 

Thank You Hillary..

Dear Hillary,

Sixteen years ago, when Al Gore lost the presidential election to George W. Bush with the help of the Supreme Court Justice, William Rehnquist, even though he had won the popular vote, I cried. I was furious at an ancient election system which did not equally value the vote of its citizens.

I did not shed a tear last night when I saw Trump's numbers surpassing yours. I was in a state of shock and disbelief like more than half of the country who had voted for you. However, this morning when I watched your powerful concession speech, your grace, strength, fairness, wisdom, and loss brought tears to my eyes.

Hillary, you did not need to apologize to your supporters. If anything, we, your supporters, in particular, your female supporters, must apologize to you for not having done a good job of defending you in the last few months against the barrage of baseless attacks by the Trump team, the media, the Republican party, Julian Assange, Putin and the ignorant Trump supporters who had believed the lies fed to them.

We have to apologize to you for putting yourself out there and making yourself a target for the relentless attacks by the bigots, sexists and misogynists, both domestic and foreign. You did not have to undertake such a monumental task of running as the first woman for the highest office of this land. It took a lot of courage, stamina, dedication and strong will to be able to withstand the amount of negativity you had to deal with in the past year.

I, for one, would like to offer you my most sincere gratitude for representing not only the Democratic party but particularly, the hard-working, decent, intelligent and patriotic women of the United States. You single-handedly bore the never-ending criticism and marched on, never wavering from your vision.