If you are tired of the HOPIUM posts and want to wallow in despair, that is your decision... but I ask you to reconsider giving up hope and to hold on until the bitter end.

Over seven years ago, my mother passed away from cancer. In the months and weeks leading up to her passing I fell into the "rational" trap of preparing for the day she was going to be gone... when in reality you can't prepare for something like that. You don't know how it feels until you feel it. I confirmed this when my grandmother was also dying of cancer last year. Instead of "coping" I was hoping. I wanted a miracle. We all did. And it was extremely unlikely, but she wanted us to laugh, have jokes and be in good spirits... I wish I had the same mentality when my mom was leaving. All that "prep" does is keep you in a state of depression when the person is still alive. It's evil. It's bad.

So if you want to be that way. You want to accept defeat now, that is your choice. But you don't get to shit on those who choose to keep the faith and hold the line. Delusion doesn't occur until after everything has happened and you choose to pretend Trump is still President. We aren't there yet. And no if after the 20th he's no longer President, then so be it. I will accept that our country is over (though I think it's been over since 1913), make the best of my time and... see what happens.

Until such time, I choose to hope.