Anyone that knows me well, knows that I have a deep love for this wonderful country.  There are many things that make me extremely proud to be from this county, and there some things that disappoint me about our country.  No one is perfect and no nation is perfect.

I can not express the thanks that I have for the people that have given their lives or put their lives on the line to give and defend the freedoms that I enjoy. Most Americans take for granted the multitude of freedoms that they have.  And most people do not understand the sacrifice that was made by thousands of men and women to grant those freedoms to us.

I am proud to live here and claim that I am an American, regardless of what anyone else thinks or believes.  And that is one of the greatest American Freedoms!