I’m With Her

Hillz:  letter to my millennial daughters on the occasion of the morning after . . .

I know you liked Bernie. I know you like Hillary, too, and that you’ll happily vote for her in November. And I know you understand, at an intellectual level, the historical significance of the events of last night. But I am quite sure you did not experience, as you watched her accept the nomination for President of the United States, the same primal, emotional explosion that your mother did. As I and my box of tissues sat on the couch, watching that stage, seeing her in that spotlight at the center of those thousands of cheering people – including men, powerful men – all of whom want her to be their leader, to be the President, my heart burst.

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