Saturday, July 5, 2014

Celebrating Freedom! Happy 4th of July!!



My family lives in Williamsburg VA where celebrating our independence from Britain is a big deal! I love watching Thomas Jefferson and Patrick Henry have conversations with the modern visitors. I love spending my time in the wig shop learning about the hair styles of the colonists. I love walking the streets of Colonial Williamsburg and the governors palace thinking about what it was like when America wasn't quite free, and then when we began our revolution for freedom.

On July 4, 1776 the Continental Congress approved it's final wording of the Declaration of Independence. The words that I always remember are the gifts for EVERYONE of "Life, Liberty, and The Pursuit of Happiness". That sounds like freedom to me:)

What makes me feel Alive, Free, Happy?

friends/family                     new places
rock climbing                      screaming
nature                                  laughing
travel                                   crying
music                                   smiling
hair                                      reading
fashion shows                     ice cream
being in/around water         baby animals
driving in my convertible    sky diving
roller coasters                     kayaking
art                                       rafting
meditation                          learning something new
running                               camp fires
backpacking                       dancing
cooking                              old friends/new friends

always had a crush on old blue eyes...