I just apologized to my son for not doing enough for his future

[southernleftylady]

:( i am just so sad ... another four years will RUIN alot of things for him and my new one to come.. i might just be full of preggo hormones but seriously...
i am about to cry about how horrible this is for my children :(

[efhmc]

1. Agreed, but what more could you have done?

[liberalmuse]

2. My 17 year old has been afraid...

of what my reaction would be if the worst happened. She has been telling me that if Bush 'won', she would not be coming home. I feel bad for that. I told her last night it would be okay, no matter what happens, and to please come home. She thinks I was overreacting regarding a possible draft. I hope to hell she is right.

I feel especially bad for my 14 year old, politically aware nephew. Before the fiasco, I was talking on the phone with him last night. He told me, 'Auntie, I will be 18 during a second Bush term.' It breaks my heart thinking about this now. He has been so involved in this election.

[Iris]

3. I'm honestly considering remaining childless.

This is not the kind of society I want to raise a child in.

[Polly Glot]

4. It's not (necessarily) the hormones... I'm in tears for my kids too...

and the military families... and the additional kids who will slip into poverty... and the innocent civilians in Iraq who are dying and wounded... for this country's disenfranchised... I could go on and on of course...

Whatever the result of this election, I'm just dumbfounded that so many complete idiots would vote for *. That's one of the saddest things of all.

[Riptide]

5. As I posted on another thread...

I was depressed this morning but holding it together until my 5 year old son came down and crawled into my lap. He asked, "Who won?" He knew how hard I had been working on this campaign.

He was hugging me, and I just started to sob. I feel so terrible for him growing up in this dictatorship. I thought I couldn't feel worse than I did in 2000, but apparently, I can.

[annabanana]

6. I apologized to my boys for the supreme court

They will be living with the damage for the rest of their lives.