After her husband and family supported Trump, a woman reveals why she canceled the holidays.

A Shocking Morning After the Election

In the early hours after the results were finalized, Andrea was hit with a wave of fear she hadn’t anticipated. She had always been politically engaged, often passionate, but what she felt that morning was different. It wasn’t just disappointment — it was devastation.

She found herself unable to get out of bed.
Her phone became both a lifeline and a trap — endless scrolling through reactions, think-pieces, arguments, celebrations, heartbreaks. Her social feeds were filled with shock, fear, and anger. She unfriended people she thought she would never disconnect from, unable to tolerate the idea that they voted in a way she believed endangered vulnerable communities.

And then she found the post from her own husband.

A celebration.
A cheerful message.
A rallying cry she wasn’t emotionally prepared to read:

“God Bless America. God bless #45, 47.”

Seeing her husband celebrate what felt to her like a national crisis struck her with the force of a physical blow. She described feeling so overwhelmed that she physically avoided him, staying upstairs while he brewed coffee downstairs, unaware of the emotional earthquake occurring just one floor above him.

The Text Message That Changed the Holidays

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