Why I cry every 4th of July

Please allow me to share my perspective. 𝓘𝓽 𝓶𝓪𝔂 𝓷𝓸𝓽 𝓫𝓮 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓹𝓮𝓻𝓼𝓹𝓮𝓬𝓽𝓲𝓿𝓮 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓘 𝓰𝓮𝓽 𝓲𝓽.That does not take the value of mine. Every 4th of July is, for me, a renewal of my devotion to this Nation and to what it represents. To me, it stands for 𝕃𝕀𝔽𝔼, 𝕃𝕀𝔹𝔼ℝ𝕋𝕐 𝔸ℕ𝔻 𝕋ℍ𝔼 ℙ𝕌ℝ𝕊𝕌𝕀𝕋 𝕆𝔽 ℍ𝔸ℙℙ𝕀ℕ𝔼𝕊𝕊. In my personal journey, it also represents ℂ𝕆𝕌ℝ𝔸𝔾𝔼 and 𝔻𝔼𝕋𝔼ℝ𝕄𝕀ℕ𝔸𝕋𝕀𝕆ℕ. That is what I think about every 4th of July.

When I home schooled our children, we studied the lyrics of the National Anthem. I learned the meaning of the words "𝖗𝖆𝖒𝖕𝖆𝖗𝖙𝖘" and "𝖌𝖆𝖑𝖑𝖆𝖓𝖙𝖑𝖞". And we had a chance to imagine that moment, when the soldiers in battle could see that the 𝕾𝖙𝖆𝖗 𝕾𝖕𝖆𝖓𝖌𝖑𝖊𝖉 𝕭𝖆𝖓𝖓𝖊𝖗 𝖕𝖗𝖔𝖚𝖉𝖑𝖞 𝖍𝖆𝖎𝖑𝖊𝖉 𝖆𝖙 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖙𝖜𝖎𝖑𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙'𝖘 𝖑𝖆𝖘𝖙 𝖌𝖑𝖊𝖆𝖒𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖔𝖛𝖊𝖗 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖗𝖆𝖒𝖕𝖆𝖗𝖙𝖘. Even as I write this, it brings tears to my eyes to imagine that moment.

I encourage you to search the view of the site of that battle, or better yet, visit that site, read those lyrics, look at that flag and take a minute to thank God for this Nation and ask Him to heal it. He will. And we get to be the instruments He uses. 𝓖𝓸𝓭 𝓫𝓵𝓮𝓼𝓼 𝓐𝓶𝓮𝓻𝓲𝓬𝓪! #GodBlessAmerica #4thofJuly #Celebrate #NaturalizedCitizen #LifeLibertyHappiness #Courage #Determination #grateful