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$Something we rarely think about is how, though our votes are personal, we are not simply voting for ourselves. We’re also voting for the hundreds of thousands of people laid up in hospital beds, for those homeless on the streets, for those who will work a double shift today, for those home with a sick baby, or are distraught from the loss of a loved one, or are in a mental institution because ... life. There are SO many who don’t have the time or possibly the means or the mental space to get to their polling place. Your vote is not just about you, it’s about your community and YOU are privileged enough to get there. So put on your helper shoes and get there. Vote. . That being said, I know voting isn’t easy. I’ve written said before and I’ll say it again: . We vote with our lives and our stories. We vote with who we are, how we’ve suffered, who we’ve hurt; who our ancestors were, how they suffered, who they hurt. If you could see inside the polling box, it wouldn’t so much be about the names on the ballot, but the names and the experiences we bring into the ballot. . Foster care. Immigration. Poverty. Food access. Mental illness. Student loan debt. Earthquakes shaking my house from fracking. Loss of wildlife habitat. Pot dealer down the street shooting a gun during dinner time. Those are a few from my family and/or personal history. There are more. Each of these comes into the polling booth with me. . It’s crowded in there, what with our stories, our fears, our hopes, our dreams. This is why it takes courage to vote - we have to face ourselves and what we want. This takes time to figure out. Some of us have the additional hurdle of learning that our voices matter. . As if this isn’t enough, we ALSO must must must face the larger community and tune into what wants and needs live there. If we are willing, these stories crowd into the polling box, too. They are hard to reckon with - sometimes we can’t relate to our neighbor’s experience. It gets harder the further they live from us. . But we have to try. The future depends on it. . Yes, it takes courage to vote - to not only consider ourselves, but all. . #midterms2018 #helpershoes #gogogo #votevotevote$

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