Gratitude engulfs my soul for all those who fought and served so you and I could be free. If they hadn’t served, we would suffer in silence.

We would not be able to speak our minds, have as many children as we want, and we could be locked up for looking at someone “wrong.” We would surrender our precious freedoms and be forced into the government’s choices of jobs for us.

Our dreams would waste away and we would focus on surviving – not thriving. We would sink in a sea of despair as we clamored and clawed simply to keep the government out of our personal business. We would be forced to succumb to lives completely submissive to those in power.

Our freedom to believe  – or not believe – deeply held passions about God would be thwarted as we were forced to surrender to the powers that be.

A heartfelt hug and deep gratitude for all who have died and served and fought for the sake of glorious, resounding freedom. You are all truly heroes.~ #freedomisntfree