Recalibration and Reflection
Recalibrate: verb ; to adjust the settings on a device that precisely measures, senses, or moves. It's been five days since the results of the 2024 Presidential Election. Being a #bluedot in a red state, and being a public school educator, wife, mother, aunt, ally, and woman in this nation, I've had my physical and emotional states wrung through the wringer repeatedly since I spontaneously woke up around 3:30 in the morning on Wednesday and checked my phone for election results. We were supposed to have our first woman president. We were supposed to move closer to actual liberty and justice for all . We were supposed to choose expertise over a political phony. We were supposed to be able to trust that the President was someone in control of their mental faculties. We were supposed to lock away fascism for at least four years, in the hopes that our neighbors, family, friends, and colleagues would come to their senses and realize that there were plenty of important reasons o
