Wednesday Morning, Wednesday Wisdom, Inspiration, Election 2024, Women
Ivy Rose Higginbotham and Tracy Chamberlain Higginbotham – 2024
Next week’s Wednesday Wisdom would typically be a nod to America’s decision on our next President. I wouldn’t write the wisdom on Tuesday, like I typically do so it reaches everyone’s mailbox early Wednesday, but rather wait until Wednesday morning to announce my thoughts on the outcome after the results are in. Instead, I will be hundreds of miles away in the home country where my grandparents were born, sipping a coffee, eating a cornetto, celebrating my 60th birthday, and reading the newspaper to find out what happened.
I can only imagine my reaction and the rest of the world’s reaction to the winner of this tight race. Like four years ago arriving in NYC at the same time as Biden was called the winner of the 2020 race, I hope people are cheering, horns beeping, and vino flowing on a sunny day full of hope.
Tracy Chamberlain Higginbotham next to Tarana Burke in white, #MeToo Founder at Governor Cuomo’s State of the State Address in 2017
I know this wisdom is political, and I try not to bring politics into my writing, but I am a #MeToo survivor and adamantly cannot vote for a convicted rapist. I also can’t vote for someone who doesn’t believe in allowing women their choice to choose what they do with their bodies. Why would women not support a female leader when females makeup 52% of the population but still aren’t equal in many areas of life?
As I held my two-month-old granddaughter Ivy Rose in the backseat of her parent’s car so they could vote last week, I looked at her expressive eyes and warm smile, thinking of her future, not mine. I want her to have a wonderful life full of joy, peace, and options. I can’t imagine anything else for her.
Ivy Rose Higginbotham and Tracy Chamberlain Higginbotham wait while parents vote for Harris
I have two best friends who vote the opposite of me. I wonder how that could be. How can two women I’ve loved so much see things so differently? They don’t have granddaughters yet, so maybe they can’t see her future. I pray there is time for them to change their minds, and hopefully, others like them see that our world needs to be kind, accepting, intelligent, and wise.
Today’s Wednesday Wisdom is to have you think of little girls’ futures when you vote on November 5. Think about all the positive attributes America has to offer. Believe in the intelligence and character of a female president and how that can truly change our nation. We have never had a female president, and maybe all along, that is what we’ve needed.
Tracy Chamberlain Higginbotham at Susan B. Anthony’s Grave in Rochester 2024
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