After you study the issues and candidates, cast your vote, and learn the election results, please remember this:
Be kind.
Regardless of the outcome — win or lose, rout or run-off — the individual people in your life are more important than the people elected into community, state, and national political offices.
(You might be asking, “What does this have to do with grief and the bereaved?” Keep reading. We’ll get there.)
(This sticker was from an earlier local and primary election. I’m going to the polls on Election Day. Will there be lines? Probably. But that’s okay — people-watching is always instructional.)
I don’t mean to imply that politics don’t matter. I take the opportunity to vote seriously. When I was a child, I watched my mom research the issues, attend rallies, and question candidates. This was long before the Internet allowed Google-speed searches. She invested her time —…
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