[Magdalen] the day after....

[Ginga Wilder]

Thanks for your words, Kristin.  I turned to scripture this morning, the
verse that has provided foundation to my entire life.  John 1.5: " A light
shines in the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it."  While this
is a dark day and it is so hard to see much light at all, the light is
there.  I feel very old today and weak and demoralized, but on days like
this in the past, I have waited until I can see the light and move toward
it.  I have no clue what I will do as a child of that light but I know I
will find something of the light to offer.  Let is be so.

Ginga

On Wed, Nov 9, 2016 at 3:23 PM, Kristin Rollins <kristin at verumsolum.com>
wrote:

> Your son's thoughts feel so familiar, Ginga.
>
> I am probably helped by realizing a few days ago that the level of
> support Trump had meant that, whether we won or lost, half the country
> would feel hurt and left out of our political leadership in a way that
> seemed more pronounced than most elections.
>
> So I have been trying to figure out how to stand up for what is right &
> oppose what is wrong, without acting in ways that unnecessarily promote
> more division. In ways that respect the dignity of every human being,
> including those who disagree with me.
>
> I still have no idea HOW to find that path, and I expect that I will
> miss the mark more often than I hit it over the next four years, and
> that there are likely to be situations where there are no paths that
> avoid compromising one side or the other of that equation. But I worry
> about what happens if the depth of division we have seen over the last
> several years continues, almost as much as I worry about the future
> actions of a President Trump with a Republican-controlled Congress.
>
> Kristin
>
> --
> Kristin Rollins
> kristin at verumsolum.com
> Portsmouth, VA
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 9, 2016, at 02:58 PM, Ginga Wilder wrote:
> > Eleanor,
> > My youngest son Robert wrote this on FB this morning.  His
> > wonderful wife
> > Christina is Filipino:
> >
> > "It's not so much that I hate the idea of Trump being
> > president, I mourn
> > my
> > morals and values and beliefs that may be tossed aside and forgotten
> > about.
> > Trump supporters most likely feel the exact opposite about
> > their morals
> > and
> > values and beliefs, because their candidate won. But I worry about my
> > daughter, not only because she is female but also because she
> > is a young
> > human being. For the next four years of her life this disgustingly
> > womanizing man is going to be in charge of her country. I hurt
> > for those
> > in
> > the LGBTQ community like my sister, who is a lesbian and an episcopal
> > minister and married. Who knows what is going to happen to those
> > laws set
> > in place to protect homosexuals. I also fear for my non-white
> > friends and
> > loving wife who now have a president that had White supremacist
> > supporters
> > and he never seem to let that bother him. Even the KKK was
> > marching over
> > an
> > interstate within the last 20 hours in Mebane, NC celebrating
> > this win.
> > So,
> > I do welcome Trump as our president. I just won't compromise my
> > beliefs
> > and
> > morals and values."  Robert Wilder
> >
> >
> > Robert's mom,
> >
> > Ginga
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Nov 9, 2016 at 12:40 PM, Eleanor Braun
> > <eleanor.braun at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I think, or at least hope, you are right, Scott. I thought
> > > before last
> > > night that this election was the last gasp of the angry white men.
> > > We may
> > > see much damage in the next few years to immigrants, women, LGBT
> > > folks, the
> > > disabled, and more. Perhaps the only hope is that people will really
> > > become
> > > mobilized and learn they really to have to stand up and vote to keep
> > > bending the arc of the moral universe toward justice.
> > >
> > > Eleanor
> > >
> > > On Wednesday, November 9, 2016, Scott Knitter
> > > <scottknitter at gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > A friend made me feel more hopeful by pointing out that the USA is
> > > > actually changing and that this election was a last gasp of the
> > > > Angry
> > > > White Men. The nation will keep changing. I've mainly bristled at
> > > > those posting that we need to come together now in unity (and
> > > > apparently align with the horrible values that won, because
> > > > somehow we
> > > > have no choice but to do so). Protest is part of democracy as
> > > > well,
> > > > and falling in line because we have no choice...isn't.
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, Nov 9, 2016 at 10:32 AM, Sally Davies
> > > > <sally.davies at gmail.com
> > > > <javascript:;>> wrote:
> > > > > Be of good cheer friends. You are not alone, here in South
> > > > > Africa we
> > > are
> > > > > also shocked and horrified although I have already met one
> > > > > Christian
> > > > chump
> > > > > who is convinced of DT's Christian credentials because James
> > > > > Dobson
> > > > > said so.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Scott R. Knitter
> > > > Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
> > > >
> > >
>