happy independence day

Ah, the 4th of July! A good day to kick back with a cold drink by the pool, to relax with friends and family, and to anticipate the fireworks that will bring this perfect midsummer day to an end.

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The 4th of July--a hard earned celebration of our nation's journey to freedom.

I can't imagine what it must have been like to risk everything--everything!--to escape religious and political repression. To venture off into the unknown never to return again. To put your family at risk.

Would we have survived the voyage?



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That first winter?



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Would we have succumbed to disease? To starvation? Would my children have survived?

Would I have been willing to fight for it?

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To die for it? Because that's what has taken throughout our history...again and again...to win this pleasant, easy-going holiday for us.

If I had lived back then, would I have taken the risk? Would you?

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