Welcome to the future.

You hear that?

What's that sound?

Shhhh.... listen....

Sounds a lot like....

FREEDOM.

For the first time in my life I can say I'm proud to be an American. In addition to Obama being re-elected, the Senate elected its first open/out lesbian, first disabled woman and first Asian American woman. In other words, BINDERS FULL OF AWESOME. Four states voted on marriage equality and four states WON. I can't wait for the day when voting on someone else's human rights is seen as completely barbaric but for now I'll take what I can get.

I am very unapologetic about my beliefs and my decision to voice them. Loudly. I will not stop talking about how proud I am to be on the right side of history.

Mysogyny did not win. Homophobia did not win. Classism did not win. Racism did not win. Religious fundamentalism did not win. Bigotry did not win. Men who made light of rape did not win.

Women won. The LGBT community and it's allies won. Racial minorities won. The poor won. The middle class won. The elderly won. Students won. Teachers won. Children of single parents won. The sick won. The international community won.

Love won.

Love wins.

EVERY TIME.

We did it, y'all. We really did it. Celebrate how far hard we've fought and how far we've come. But don't stop! This is only the beginning. There's still work to do. Our freedom begins with the election of the POTUS but it doesn't end there. Please be just as present in politics on social media and in your own community as you've been the past few months. We have to keep fighting and please show up for the next election the way you did with this one. And the next one. And the next one. This country can't undo years and years of wrong overnight. But, Alhumdullilah, we are finally on our way.

Four more years. Four more years. Four more years. Four more years.
As Brad Paisley said, welcome to the future.