For all of you scrolling past this post thinking it is just another negative post about Trump, I would like to inform you that it is not. While I am disappointed with the outcome of this election, it is safe to say that I believe each and every American needs to come together now, more than ever, to have faith in our system of checks and balances. As a whole, not as 324,707,000 individuals, we must have faith the progress we have made as a country and we need to support our president moving forward.I am not disregarding the fear that is now held throughout America. I am a millennial asking for progress. I am a woman asking for respect. I am a member of the LGBTQ+ community begging to keep my right to marry. Most of all, today, I am a disappointed American.

I woke up Monday morning excited to wait in line to hear my president speak. President Barack Obama was on my college campus in order to campaign for the wonderful Hillary Clinton. I was in line at 8:45am and I did not leave the doors of the building in which the rally was held until 5:30pm. I was blessed to be able to hear President Obama's words and I was blessed to be moved by them as well. Monday was a good day.

As most of us know after Monday, comes Tuesday. I woke up Tuesday morning excited as ever. I went to my class where I am a teaching assistant and I urged all of my students to get out and vote. I may not have convinced all the nonbelievers but I certainly convinced a few to get to the polls. After that class I, myself, went to the polls and participated in my first ever presidential election, how exciting. I left feeling like I was floating on a cloud, I was convinced I just participated in the electing of the first woman president. Even more exciting. I went to bed Tuesday night convinced that in the morning our country would still be in good hands. Tuesday was a good day.

I woke up at 4:30am: Wednesday, November 9th. At precisely 4:36am I froze, a broken feeling in my stomach. I woke up and found out I shouldn't have felt so sure. I should not have had such confidence. I woke up and I found out that Donald Trump will be the next President of The United States. This is what I woke up to:

To say the least, I woke up and as a millennial, as a female, and as a member of the LGBTQ+ community, I felt a swarm of disappointment. Waking up to this news was the biggest "F*ck you" America ever could have hit me with. I am a disappointed millennial that is afraid progress will not be made. I am a disappointed female, terrified by the example our new future president has set for all men in America. I am a disappointed LGBTQ+ community member, worried that my rights are going to be stomped on. Wednesday was a disappointing day.

Moving Forward:

Today I am disapointed. Frankly, I think I will be for a while. On the flip side, as a patriotic person I do believe we can move past this and I believe we can learn to grow and move past all the hatred. I want Love to Trump Hate even though we are being led by Trump's hate. I want to give our new president a chance, I want to trust him and I want to have faith. Without trust and faith in our country we will end up being just another page in a book and just another history lesson to learn from. To be without trust and faith in our democracy holds a direct correlation to being without liberty and justice in our country. Without liberty and justice we are not the United States of America. So while yes, today I am disappointed... my advice to all Americans is this: Don't dwell, make the best of all situations, have faith in the system of checks and balances, and believe that the future can be bright. At the end of the day the future is only what we make it.