Happy 4th of July - Happy Birthday America

I have to say that I am not really a patriotic person. I go along to get along on these holidays. . . Our city doesn't have a parade so that's an easy one. We have a picnic at church and I'm good with that, an opportunity to fellowship with people and meet new people seems like a good way to spend a holiday. The girls love the fireworks and I think they are "pretty" so we watch those too! I tend not to wear red, white and blue, in fact I wore green today. I don't know. . . a friend posted a poem by Langston Hughes on Facebook about 'America the free' and how really this American land hasn't been the land of opportunity and freedom, with slavery, overworked underpaid workers for years, etc. I should find the link and post it. So for my girls, the 4th of July is about the birthday of America and the cool fireworks and for me, it's about getting together with folks for good food, fellowship and sharing the fireworks too!