God Bless America

On this hallowed day I hesitate to write anything that does not uplift this Great Nation or our founding ideals and principles as well as the people who so tirelessly believe in those. But its hard not watch the news on what is going on around us and not lose at least a little faith in the belief that our Country's greatest days are still ahead of us. 

Much is made out of how divided this country is. From the people who do not want to work and instead have the government provide for them, to the people who want to wrest control from the parents of school age children, and to the government institutions that seemingly favor one group of people over another. 

We have been bitterly divided before - half the colonies did not support independence in 1776 and in fact the For Independence Group and Against Independence Group routinely killed each other; 80+ years later we again had half the country trying to kill the other half during the civil war; and, of course some of us remember the anti-government, anti-war protests of the 1970's. But I take solace in the fact that the majority of the people, whether the polls say so or not, believe in freedom and individual responsibility....about the importance of having a higher power in our life whether you call him God or not,....and about family...always about family.

This country will right itself and be better off for the lessons learned. Keep the faith and lean forward. God Bless these United States.

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