A Love Letter to America

By Valerie Rice | January 26, 2021

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My dear readers, I deeply apologize for my absence as of late. I, like many of you, have been in a state of shock. Over the last few weeks I have been introspective and walled myself into a cocoon of nostalgia, data, and logic to try to heal. The result? I am still deeply saddened and dismayed by many things. I am heartbroken at the state of our nation and our families. I feel an aching wound in my soul and acknowledge that it will take time to heal. And yet we soldier on, don’t we?

I was born in the year 1982. Because I am THAT old. As an Elder Millennial, or Xeniall, I have lived through over 2,000 bombings on U.S soil, 73% of which have been perpetrated by right ring domestic terrorists in the last decade. I have survived over…