The United States is a pretty amazing place to live. Yes, we have our problems but then what country doesn’t ? But when it all comes down to it we have a country that is pretty wonderful and I am reminded each and every day of the sacrifices that many men and women have made to ensure that I have the ability to live the life that I live. I am grateful (there’s that word yet again) to be able to be a citizen of this wonderful United States of America. I am proud to be an American and I hope you are as well. Thank you to all who have served and who currently serve to help ensure our freedoms.