Newsletter for June 28, 2024

God Bless America 

Happy Friday everyone! 

I bet a lot of you are getting ready for next week and the 4th of July! Growing up I always loved the excitement that surrounds the 4th, the parades, barbecue, and fireworks. 

In St. Louis we would go and watch the amazing display under the Arch! It was absolutely mesmerizing as a child…it was AWESOME! 

Wow I haven’t thought of this in a while but when I went to college in DC I would stay in for the Summer and not go home. One Summer in 1991 I was asked if I would volunteer for the big 4th of July celebration. Of course I said yes!

Little did I know that this year in particular they were having a special event recognizing the fallen soldiers of Desert Storm. 

Now I was young back then and I had no idea how emotional it was going to be! When I arrived the morning of the 4th there were so many buses! Bus after bus filled with family members that had lost their child, their nephew, their husband, their Dad and I could go on and on! These human beings had enlisted in the military to fight for our Country! 

Young people that were sent to fight horrendous a war that was occuring in the middle east. Some place these young men and women never in their wildest dreams ever thought they would experience. It was a scary and foreign place filled with death and darkness. 

The reason I know these things is that I had Veteran and Chaplain Michael Le Buhn on the show this week and he talked all about the tragedies that he saw. The episode will be dropped Monday morning at 6am est. 

I think time is an amazing tool in that it helps us to forget but after last night's debate it all came rushing back this morning. 

We are a nation that had so much honor and loyalty! Growing up people celebrated being an American! Every home had an American Flag hanging outside. We all loved being patriotic! Singing the Star Spangled Banner! Now of course I was raised in the midwest, it was America! Apple pie, baseball games and a real love of our country! 

I think back to when I was young and I have so many fond memories! But, that is where they are in my past. 

Today, it is so sad where we are as a nation. On the street I live on in Florida hardly anyone has a flag hanging from their home and people are ashamed…Hanging a flag means your one political party not one nation under God as it was when I was growing up….

After watching the debate last night I was sad. To think that Joe Biden’s wife would let him go on stage in front of the entire country when he obviously is having some real health and cognitive issues is just terrible. I really can’t share in words how bad that is! I mean what is going on? Does she hate him? And, he is the leader of the free world? I don’t think so. 

Who is running our Country? 

I don’t know if we will ever know the answer to that question. But I know one thing: I want my Country back! I want the United States of America that I grew up with back!

On a bright note, I truly believe that President Donald Trump looked so Presidential last night and I am so proud to be voting for him the third time. It is my hope that he can make America Great Again.

We are days away from the celebration of the signing of the Declaration of  Independence ,the day we became an independent nation in 1776. 

I want to wish all of you a very Happy 4th of July! Please hang your flag and think back to the simple times and love your nation, be proud and let's work together to get America back to where it was. 

Sending big love and hugs

XO 

Bizzy