Once again we celebrate the birth of our nation. The grilling, the fireworks, the memories of childhood and family gatherings. Today is the first Fourth of July that we are spending without our daughter, Mary, being home for the past 18 years. She is celebrating with friends in Nashville as we await for friends and neighbors to converge for our annual outdoor cookout and pool party. It looks like it might be an indoor event this year, however, if the weather doesn't cooperate. We have been starving for rain most of the Spring and Summer. The farmers will be happy, as will our lawns and shrubs and flowers. I guess that it doesn't matter which days it rains, as long as it does. We can always cook indoors and the major point is that we have the freedom to gather, to share our stories, to share our faith, and our mutual respect for our country and our families. Today we pray for the well-being of the troops that are serving our country overseas and within our borders. Ever since September 11 we cannot take these freedoms for granted. Whether we agree or disagree with the policies set forth by this administration or any other freely elected president and his or her cabinet and the elected officials, we have the freedom to celebrate the differences that we have, while at the same time still being patriotic to the ideals and principals that our country was founded on.
So, Happy Birthday, America! We wish for many happy returns!
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