Thank you Veterans for your service, we are so honored and grateful for your sacrifices. Generations of you have put your lives on the line and fought for our freedoms so that the rest of us can live in this great social experiment, created by our founding fathers, called Democracy.
It is beholden upon us to hold up our end of the covenant too, to live up to your example and fulfill the dreams you fought for…. including honoring elections of the people and by the people. America has always honored this, and when the people have spoken, there has always been a peaceful transition of power.
No matter who you voted for in this election, whether you are celebrating or in dismay, remember that the democratic process has taken place. Yes, all votes should absolutely be counted, but when it becomes clear that there is a winner, we must honor that. Otherwise we are no longer that shining beacon of light that the world looks up to. Instead we are no better then a banana republic.
Every day it becomes clearer that the American people have spoken, and it is time to move forward with a new President and administration. And I hope that it can be done with grace and dignity because the whole world is watching how we handle this right now.
I implore all of you to reach out to each other and find ways to heal and come together. Not as red states or blue states, but as the United States. One country, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. That should be our mantra, and it is something we have struggled to live up to in the past.
But it feels different now. We have been learning lessons at great cost to so many. We have seen and acknowledged the extent of social inequities to our neighbors, and been horrified that our families and friends could become so divided and hateful toward each other. How could this happen to us? What is the lesson?
It’s time to try and put the pieces back together, but in a new way. It will be hard, but each of us needs to promise to try. I miss my family members and friends that I’ve lost, and honestly don’t know how to make healing happen. But my wish is that next year we are all back at the same table again for the holidays, and that this division will all be a terrible memory.
Here’s the rest of my wish and prayer. That going forward we can finally begin to make America the kind of success story that our founding fathers dreamed of. A country of possibilities, equality, compassion, kindness, and affordable housing and health care for everyone who lives here. A country that is a safe place to call home for every single one of its citizens… and for those that hope to become citizens. For after all, there but for the grace of God go any of us.
It is time to put our differences aside and remember who we are and decide what we want to be remembered by. It is not about fighting each other, it is about coming together to keep each other safe. We must work together to defeat a deadly virus so we can get our lives back to normal. And we must be an example of love and kindness for our children, the next generation of Americans.
God bless each of you, and God bless America. 
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