In Mourning

I was so sure that this year's presidential election was going to signal big changes, a return to Constitutional values, and restoring of common sense in Washington.  So sure that I invited my family over for a patriotic party to watch the vote counts come in and celebrate a victory.  

 I made red, white, and blue food and bought a patriotic puzzle to work on while we waited.  We soon realized, however, that the night wasn't going to bring anything good.  We couldn't bring ourselves to eat the food or work on the puzzle.  Decorations went in the trash.  

 

Now we're in mourning, trying to remind ourselves that this path our nation is on was predicted centuries ago.  We know what the end will be, so I don't know why we were so saddened to see this step.  It's just that we felt we had a real shot with Mitt Romney at balancing a budget and making wise decisions for our nation.  He would have been a good leader, one I could have supported.  Oh well.  We'll make the best of it after we come out of mourning.  I'm so glad we have the gospel to help us keep things in perspective.