I'm struggling to write these days. The morning after Trump was elected, I spoke to my mother on the phone. She cried. She said, "I've given up hope of ever seeing a woman president in my lifetime." I was, of course, horrified that so many people had voted for him, but I hadn't quite given up hope for women in this country. But the past two weeks have been hard. So very hard. This afternoon, a friend of mine came over to chat. As the conversation turned to Kavanaugh, I starte