Today I am thinking back to the Founding Fathers, and to the women they left at home who kept the farms and homesteads running while they were away. No cell phones then to let the family know how things were going. No twitter to say they had made a decision or were still debating the cause of freedom. It must have taken a great deal of faith and courage to keep going forward each day.
Life was certainly quite different back in 1776 in the colonies. Fed up with a tax on tea caused a revolution. I wonder what those same citizens would think of our country now.
Tax upon tax upon tax.....
After the government was formed, the idea was that citizens would leave their professions for a time to give service to their country and then return to their homes. It was not meant to be a life long career. When did that change?
Today, I'm grateful to the men and women who had the courage to break free from the security of their homelands and to seek a better life, whether they came here in the late 1700's or in 1978, as in the case of the Englishman. This "melting pot" we live in is the culmination of all their dreams.
I'm grateful to the men and women who are willing to give their lives to defend our freedom, and to the families who love and support them. I'm grateful to the people who put forth their best efforts to make this country great by their service in government.
I'm grateful to live in the United States of America. Having traveled around the world to many different countries and observed other cultures, I still feel "there's no place like home." (Well, I could contemplate living in England if I could take the family and the dogs.)
Happy Fourth of July!
May we always be mindful of how very lucky we are
to live in this great nation.
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