There's No More Breaking Bread

The story behind our ad

I wrote the ad Breaking Bread based on my own experience—one I know so many others have lived through. It’s a story about loss, not just of friendships but of a shared sense of community and understanding.

Our neighbors across the street were the first people we met when we considered buying our home. From the very beginning, they felt like family. For years, we spent Christmas Eve together, sharing meals, laughter, and traditions. And then, everything changed.

Looking back, I realize the shift started before 2016. There were small moments—comments that didn’t sit right, like when they spoke about the doctors who cared for their sick son. They complained about their manners, calling them “savages.” I remember thinking: They’re Hindu. They’re working through Christmas so others can enjoy time with their families. Isn’t that an act of kindness?

Then Trump happened.

I should have known something was wrong that Christmas Eve. The wife had called earlier in the day to ask if we were coming, but I had been overwhelmed with everything going on with our special-needs son and never got back to her. My husband and his mother went ahead while I finished up at home. Then my husband called: “I don’t know what’s wrong with J, but she seems upset that we’re here.” I brushed it off—I was sure it was nothing.

It wasn’t nothing.

When I arrived, the air was thick with tension. I lasted 10 minutes before I walked home alone. My husband and kids stayed, trying to make the best of it, but I knew something had broken between us.

The next day, I asked her what was wrong. Her answer was like a punch to the gut: “Well, you know… you’re Mexican. And Mexicans are rapists. We voted for Trump.”

And just like that, everything we had shared disappeared. Since that day, we pretend the other doesn’t exist. We look away when we pass each other on the street. We have become strangers.

During COVID, I wrote Breaking Bread out of longing—longing for the life we once had, for the friendships that politics tore apart. I wanted to believe that we could find our way back to each other, that maybe, just maybe, we could meet in the middle.

But here we are, years later, and nothing has changed. No breaking bread. No meeting in the middle. No peace.

And I’ve realized—I’m not alone. So many of us have lost relationships to politics. At first, we tried to forgive. We told ourselves they didn’t fully understand what they were voting for. But in 2025, there’s no excuse. They know exactly what they’re supporting: turning a blind eye to January 6th, embracing racism and extremism, enabling a liar and an abuser, normalizing hate.

And in my own family, they turned on their own culture. They questioned my faith. They made it clear: they weren’t interested in finding common ground. They were in it for the cruelty.

So, no. There’s no more breaking bread. Not when the table has been set with hate.

Here’s our very first ad: Breaking Bread

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Viva la Resistance!
Nancy

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