I love Independence day.  It’s one of those days that I reflect on how thankful and blessed I am to live in  a free country.  I have never lived anywhere else, yet I’m convinced that the USA is the the best country in the world.  I often cry during patriot songs (which I know isn’t saying much because I cry all the time).  One that has elicited tears from me in Elementary school and still makes me cry regularly is Lee Greenwood’s I’m proud to be an American. 

These days it seems like we spend more time fretting about how our freedoms and our country are being/or might be destroyed.  I admit that I am afraid sometimes when I see crazy, insane things happen politically.  I just hope our freedom is preserved for my children and grandchildren and I wish more people recognized how great it is to be an American.

I also wish I had gotten a better picture of the kids in their matching patriotic shirts.