HAPPY FOURTH!

I hope none of you read this blog entry. I hope each and everyone of my blog followers are out living it up this fourth of July weekend. (Safely of course.) If any of you DO find your way onto the computer I hope that it is after a fun-filled day of summer time activities.

Yet as you are grilling out, playing in the water and watching fireworks please take a moment to pause and reflect on the meaning behind this holiday. This weekend we celebrate our independence. We wouldn't have that treasured freedom if it weren't for the men and women of the armed forces. On this my public platform I say from the bottom of my heart; thank you to all of you that have served, or are serving, our country. Your courage, strength and heroism are the backbone of this great nation of ours.

No one can say it as well as Mr. Lee Greenwood:

If tomorrow all the things were gone,
I'd worked for all my life.
And I had to start again,
with just my children and my wife.

I'd thank my lucky stars,
to be livin here today.
‘Cause the flag still stands for freedom,
and they can't take that away.

And I'm proud to be an American,
where at least I know I'm free.
And I wont forget the men who died,
who gave that right to me.

And I gladly stand up,
next to you and defend her still today.
‘Cause there ain't no doubt I love this land,
God bless the USA.

From the lakes of Minnesota,
to the hills of Tennessee.
Across the plains of Texas,
From sea to shining sea.

From Detroit down to Houston,
and New York to L.A.
Well there's pride in every American heart,
and its time we stand and say.

That I'm proud to be an American,
where at least I know I'm free.
And I wont forget the men who died,
who gave that right to me.

And I gladly stand up,
next to you and defend her still today.
‘Cause there ain't no doubt I love this land,
God bless the USA.

And I'm proud to be and American,
where at least I know I'm free.
And I wont forget the men who died,
who gave that right to me.

And I gladly stand up,
next to you and defend her still today.
‘Cause there ain't no doubt I love this land,
God bless the USA.