My dear friends,
Happy Independence Day!
I hope you have a wonderful time with your family and friends. Originally, I had big plans about cooking- and eating, but my DH has to work all day, so- instead I will just go to the gym, then stitch and cook dinner. Oh, and hide my cats away from the fireworks.
Still, even with my children away (girls are visiting family) and having to work, it's a special day. A day when the colonies decided to do "their own thing" and declared their independence from England. Ever since I came here - about 20 years ago - I felt that doing one's own thing is the main theme, the corner stone of this society. Becoming independent and making one's own decisions, becoming an adult is what the colonists have done as a country, and now perhaps it's their spirit that calls each one of us to do the same thing - on an individual level.
So, barbecues and fireworks aside, today I will be thinking about - what it means to be independent.
Have a wonderful holiday!
Happy Independence Day!
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Still, even with my children away (girls are visiting family) and having to work, it's a special day. A day when the colonies decided to do "their own thing" and declared their independence from England. Ever since I came here - about 20 years ago - I felt that doing one's own thing is the main theme, the corner stone of this society. Becoming independent and making one's own decisions, becoming an adult is what the colonists have done as a country, and now perhaps it's their spirit that calls each one of us to do the same thing - on an individual level.
So, barbecues and fireworks aside, today I will be thinking about - what it means to be independent.
Have a wonderful holiday!
Long live the Red Coats;-)
ReplyDeleteHmm Dan, I don't have a problem with the British army - I mean, nobody could hold a grudge that long, - but... what??? :D
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