Still Hanging On

Dear Diary,

The photographic metaphors keep coming!  This tiny fresh green leaf was hanging on my trumpet vine, ("trump-et", perfect!)  Surrounded by twisted, bare vines, it shown young and full of promise in the sun.  A moment of hope.  That's how I feel, despite the continued chaos in Washington and now another mass shooting in California.  

Basically, at heart, I am an optimistic person.  I've always been so.  And, despite everything that is happening now, I believe we will get through this and come out the other side of the darkness a stronger and better country.  Thousands took to the streets across the country yesterday to protest the Orange Menace's latest attempt to circumvent the Constitution.  The war is far from over...