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CELEBRATING AMERICA 250

I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN THE TOWN OF GOOSE CREEK, SOUTH CAROLINA. BACK
WHEN I WAS A CHILD, OUR HOME WAS THE PERFECT LOCATION FOR US TO WATCH THE
FIREWORKS BEING SHOT INTO THE NIGHT SKY...ALL THE PATRIOTIC FESTIVITIES WITHOUT
EVEN LEAVING OUR BACK YARD. THE DAY WAS FILLED WITH HOT DOGS, HAMBURGERS,
WATERMELON, AND FAMILY. I’LL CHERISH THOSE MEMORIES FOREVER.
NOW THAT I AM OLDER AND HAVE A HOUSE AND FAMILY OF MY OWN, THE FESTIVITIES
ARE THERE, BUT NOW I LIVE IN A DIFFERENT LOCATION. EVEN THOUGH LIVING IN GOOSE
CREEK IS A DISTANT MEMORY, I WILL GLADLY DRIVE TO WHERE I ONCE CALLED HOME TO
WATCH THOSE SAME FIREWORKS, AND JUST WRITING THAT MAKES ME EMOTIONAL,
BECAUSE IT CAUSES ME TO STOP AND BE THANKFUL FOR GROWING UP WHERE I DID AND
NOW I GET TO TAKE MY CHILDREN AND MY HUSBAND TO THE TOWN THAT SHAPED ME

INTO WHO I AM TODAY.

I AM SURE MOST OF US DID THAT VERY SAME THING-LOOKED UP INTO THE SOUTH
CAROLINA NIGHT SKY IN ANTICIPATION OF WHAT I’M SURE ARE SOME VERY WELL
THOUGHT OUT FIREWORKS. BEING FROM THE SOUTH, I’M ALL ABOUT TRADITION...AND
FIREWORKS TO COMMEMORATE INDEPENDENCE DAY ARE DEFINITELY HIGH ON THAT

LIST.

THIS YEAR MAKES IT EVEN MORE SPECIAL-250 YEARS OF GOD’S GRACE AND MERCY.
250 YEARS OF MOLDING AND SHAPING THIS GREAT NATION INTO WHAT IT IS TODAY.
MANY HAVE SACRIFICED FOR THE FREEDOMS WE HAVE TODAY, SOME MORE THAN
OTHERS. MAY THAT NEVER BE LOST ON US, THAT AS THE SAYING GOES,
“FREEDOM

DON’T COME FREE”
.

HAPPY 250 AMERICA. MAY GOD CONTINUE TO SHED HIS GRACE ON THEE, AND MAY THE

STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER FLY.