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The First Time He Took Me To The Polls Some of my earliest memories are of standing beside my dad in a voting booth. I was little — too young to understand the issues or the candidates — but I understood this: showing up mattered. Voting was not optional in...

Editor’s Note (2026): I wrote this letter in November 2016, in the immediate aftermath of the election. Nearly a decade later, I still believe leadership, resilience, and civic engagement matter deeply. This piece remains part of my journey — as a woman, a voter, and a mother raising the next...