I live in a nice woodsy town in New Hampshire, where your neighbors exist — though you rarely see them. We are the Granite State — our motto is “live free or die” — and on early Wednesday morning our state, one of the closely watched swing states, was still “too close to call” in the presidential race.

It’s peaceful and quiet here. I’m originally from Massachusetts, and moved here about five years ago with my husband and two horses. We also have two bull mastiffs and have since adopted two cats. We are an American family.

I look forward to living in a country where I can freely wish people a “Merry Christmas” again.

We moved one state north for the American dream: to live an easier life, with our horses roaming right in our backyard. We weren’t in search of wealth, but instead more time together and a better quality of life.

The challenge has been to keep the dream alive — and it hasn’t been easy in Obama’s America. I left a great job in Boston, Massachusetts. I now work at a car dealership where the hours are long, which keeps me away from home longer than I could have ever imagined. Jobs are scarce up here. If you have one — you hang onto it.

My husband is not so lucky. He drives back to Boston five days a week and has been unable to find a comparable position in New Hampshire, with the benefits only a large company can offer. We achieved our dream — but have little time to enjoy it. Is this the American way, working yourself to death — or is there something more?

Then Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016, happened. I’m still in shock.

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All day on Tuesday I felt anxious and excited — excited for a big change that I was expecting to come and that I needed to happen. “Average Joe” is awake and screaming, “Enough is enough!” Hear us roar, Katy Perry, and all the Hillary-supporting “stars” that don’t live in reality. Our middle-class backs are tired of carrying the load of this nation. That’s the message — did you get it?

I knew there were people out there like me, but often wondered, in the last eight years, where they were. They showed up to vote and they have changed the direction of this country.  What a revolution! I feel grateful to my fellow Americans for sharing their voice.

The liberal talking heads are speechless, dumbfounded, still trying to figure it all out. I’m enjoying that — what a wake-up call. Do you hear us now, Washington?

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I’m excited to live, once again, in a great and powerful nation with a mighty military and a prosperous citizenry. I’m excited for change. We voted against the Establishment, against the same old, same old corrupt politicians who thought they could not be knocked off their perch. That perch has a new inhabitant now.

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I look forward to checking back into politics and actually listening to my president speak. I’m looking forward to other nations respecting us again, and possibly some will now respect and even fear us. Fear can be a great motivator to behave — just ask parents. We will no longer be the doormat of the world. We will no longer apologize for being a great, successful nation and people.

I look forward to living in a country where it’s OK to be proud. We’re Americans — and should be proud. Today, I look forward to making a good living and enjoying the fruits of my labor when this economy turns around and all Americans are prospering.

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I look forward to sleeping well, knowing the country and its citizenry are safe. I look forward to living in a country where I can freely wish people a “Merry Christmas” next month.

Let the changes begin. Thank you, President-Elect Trump. Please, take your office and make America great again!

Lisa Ferrari is a service coordinator at a New Hampshire car dealership and a freelance writer.