Independence Day – Arizona Event Photographer
Posted by Chris H. on July 5, 2009
My wife, Jennifer, posted an Erma Bombeck quotation this morning which points out one of the many reasons this is a great country. “You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4, not with a parade of guns, tanks, and soldiers who file by the White House in a show of strength and muscle, but with family picnics where kids throw Frisbees, the potato salad gets iffy, and the flies die from happiness.” This is how we began our Independence Day celebration.
We honored the flag…
While our chefs finished cooking breakfast…
Which we all enjoyed, from grandchildren…
To grandparents.
We honored our veterans from the greatest generation…
And were moved by a letter written by a young soldier in Afghanistan and read by his dad.
We gathered as husbands…
and wives….
as scout leaders…
and neighbors…
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as mothers who love their sons…
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and dads who love their daughters…
and as children, playful…
observant…
pensive…
joyful…
and patriotic.
And then, with parents gathered in eager anticipation…
We had a parade.
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It’s a tumultuous world and we live in trying times. But some things remain constant. I’m grateful for family and friends, and for a great, blessed country that, despite her occasional stumbles, has a generous and courageous heart.
