But wasn’t it always?
I now have a niece who just became a nurse.
I have a nephew who just became a Marine.
Things fall into place, somehow..
Even with the chaos and crisis, like Egypt’s newfound Arab Summer and Coup-d-e’tat … things seem ‘ok’ on the Fourth of July.
But just ‘ok’..
This year, it feels strange. Edward Snowden.. spying.. the NSA.. what have we become here? Lady Gaga sings about the home of the free and land of the gay.. it often seems we’re more divisive than ever.. but when we unite, it’s often unification against the weak.
I will have some more thoughts coming on this year’s July 4th observance.. Once I develop them.
They are quite complicated this year.. indeed.