Unable to speak without breaking down, Andrea did what many people do in moments of emotional overload — she wrote a message.
First, she asked him to remove the post “out of respect” for her and her community. But then she made a decision that would reshape the coming months:
Two major holidays — cancelled.
Not out of anger, but out of emotional self-protection.
Andrea’s decision wasn’t impulsive. It was a boundary born from shock, fear, grief, and a profound sense that celebrating the holidays with a group of people who had voted for the opposing candidate would feel hypocritical, painful, and emotionally unsafe.
She explained later: “I will not sit in a room and pretend everything is normal. I will not pass the turkey to people who voted against my values. I cannot.”
