As most of you know my husband, wmspringer, is very vocal and into politics where as I am NOT. I will say that growing up my father taught me that voting is important and if you do not vote, you do not get to complain when things go bad. So ever since I was 18 I have voted but things changed when we moved to Wisconsin…
Crossing into Wisconsin I remember stopping in at a gas station and seeing a sign that said “Recall Walker”, I was surprised but dismissed it as I was more concerned getting to my final destination. The more we drove the more signs popped up, and finally I asked someone (I think my husband) what it was all about it. As time went on I meet several people who all had been affected by Walker. I realize that I came into it after the fact and that Walker’s policies have not affected me (yet).
Now moving up to a few weeks ago, I was already set to cast my vote as I had seen enough to just tick me off with the state of Wisconsin and the discord among people. One Friday night my husband came home and I asked him how his day was. He looked at me rather oddly and said “Well um, I got involved in a small thing and it snowballed” his statement came after looking at his phone and the expression on his face was pure shock. He fessed up to me that he had built a site and was taking donations to pay for facebook ads. I asked to see the site, and when I saw it I told him he needs to let me redo it as if people are going to help donate for ads, we should get the site looking more professional.
For the first time ever in my life I got “involved” in politics, that is the one thing I swore I never would as it always angered me and I just do not want to be angry. While going through all of this I realized that my anger was unfounded as first I did not do anything before to make a change/ impact, and now this project I (along with others) was actually helping to bring an issue to the forefront of the election that was actually near and dear to my heart since it provided for my family growing up.
Although the outcome of the election was not as I hoped, I walked away feeling better than previous elections as a fire was lit under my butt that people can make a difference IF they work at it. We didn’t win, but we did manage to get attention on an important issue and that makes it all worth it.
Cheers to all who helped wmspringer and to those that donated, thank you :0)