Hi.

No matter where you stand, it's been an intense and stressful week, and I think we all need a moment to reflect and catch up with ourselves. Feel our feelings. Feel our joy and our rage; our fears and our strengths. I've written and thought about this election and world issues among other responsibilities so much the past two weeks that my body is sick. My mind has spun in this overload of information and the weight of the world becomes heavier and heavier with each "breaking news" report and heartbreaking tweet thread. Ever since last Tuesday's results, the world has been screaming. It is no wonder we're all exhausted. I care about you, my country, and my community, and what many of us need right now is an escape from all of this noise. Take a moment of silence to sit with yourself. Disconnect from the relentless media outlets and from the news. Go outside and rekindle any love you have for nature, your home, or your country. Sit with an old book you love or immerse yourself into something you love doing. Rest, eat, bathe, breathe. The world is changing and so are you, and you deserve to take care of yourself. You can return to your communities when you're ready, and I urge you to use your voice.

Let's face it: we all have a long road ahead of us, and we have so much work to do.