Thanks to everyone for your overwhelming kind comments and thoughts about my last blog. I don't think I've ever had that much feedback on a blog I've posted before--I loved it. Everyone's encouragement and positivity really kept me going through the past few days which have been really challenging. Needless to say, life's been different. But mostly because

It's one thing to have your heart broken. It's another to watch people you love get their hearts' broken. We lost the campaign today. We lost by 44 votes. I've been sitting on the same spot on my couch for nearly four hours now thinking (and texting people in between of course) and just trying to process everything.