July 4, 1776 and 2009

I've been reading 1776 this summer as I work at the fruit stands. Last summer was John Adams- now 1776. Its given me a lot to think about and a lot to be grateful for. As it IS the Fourth of July, 2009, I thought I'd share some of my thoughts. First, I'm amazed at the research of David McCullough. Wow, how I'd love to have dinner with that man a couple times. Next, how can people deny the hand of God in the founding of this country? In getting this country a constitution and government that is suppose to function FOR the people and BY the people? Don't worry, I'm not going to go all government right wing on you- I'll leave that up to Meg :D. However, reading the circumstances under which our ancestors fought for this country, you'd be hard pressed to find anyone of them saying God wasn't involved. With that in mind, this is my little tribute for the United States of America.
I live in a free country where my niece was able to get baptised today into the true Gospel of Christ on this earth. I might add, this country was founded so that the restoration of that religion might be possible.
These are three of my nieces and nephews. I live in a free country where they are able to get an education, have medical care, walk down clean streets and live in homes with comforts other people don't even know about. They'll grow old and be well taken care of.

This is one of my nephews celebrating our freedom with a sparkler. As Meg reminded us tonight, John Adams said we should always celebrate with our families and throw big parties. We do that well.
These are my siblings Meg, Herc and Emi. I live in a free country where I was able to grow up with all of them. None of us were sold off to slavery. None of us have ever had to fight in a war. None of us were ever separated due to civil war or religious persecution.

While I know none of the men and women from 1776 will ever know about or read my little blog, I'd like to thank them for their dedication, their perseverance, their belief in what they were doing. Happy Independence Day!