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The Best Thing We Can Do Over Memorial Day Is To Spend Time With Our Loved Ones..

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Did you spend time with loved ones this past weekend?

We did.

Memorial Day weekend is a time to remember our lost and fallen heroes, as well as a time to embrace our freedoms.

In my mind, the best freedom that we have is not only living in this Country, the wonderful USA.

The best freedom, is the freedom to live and love our friends and family and to create memories with them.

Many of those fallen soldiers, that sacrificed their lives for our freedom, were young.

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Many of these fallen soldiers had a huge portion of their lives ahead of them.

Many of these fallen soldiers were looking forward to getting married, being parents, accomplishing much in their career, and more than anything…MAKING MEMORIES WITH LOVED ONES.

When life was cut short for these fallen soldiers, they knew our freedom was worth sacrificing all their future dreams and goals.

And in my mind, it’s key that we prioritize making memories with those we love.

Money and material things aren’t the key to happiness, they never have been.

It’s the loved ones and the memories created, that these fallen soldiers would have hoped that we prioritized in life.

A reminder for us all, to utilize our time wisely.

Yes we have to work, yes we have to clean, but hopefully, our main focus, is spending time with loved ones.

xoxo,

Christy Lee

Family, Lifestyle

A Veterans Day Tribute!

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What a wonderful celebration … to celebrate our Veterans.

And we can’t forget, it’s also a day to celebrate the fallen soldiers and their families.

When I had my first child, my son, my entire perspective changed when it comes to veterans.

For years I had taught history, and I felt that I had the deep rooted respect for all veterans that had served our country.

I was wrong.

When I held my little boy close to me I remember the thought coming to mind, “I would be forever broken if something ever happened to this precious child.”

And then it struck me.

These veterans all had mothers.

And how tragic was it that some of those sweet mothers, never had their “baby’s” return into their arms.

Yet, somehow, they had to keep in living.

Perhaps knowing that you and I benefit from the freedom their child fought for… helped these broken mothers endure.

My Grandpa in his military outfit, trained soldiers preparing for WW II.

We are so deeply blessed to love in this beautiful country .. the U.S. A.

And I hope we remember everyday, not just Veterans Day,the sacrifices made for each one of us.

Thank you to all that have served our country and that continue to serve our country.

Thank you to our veterans families as they sacrifice so much as well!

Happy Veterans Day!

Xoxo,

Christy Lee

Lifestyle

Why the 4th of July is important to me…

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In college I majored in history.

I have always been fascinated with history.

For some reason, the Revolutionary War especially fascinated me.

One regret I have in college is not taking a Revolutionary War class because rumor was that it was “rare to get an A” from this professor, even though the class was amazing.

I don’t remember every discussion from my college history classes… but there was one that stood out about the Revolutionary War.

As a class we had a debate.

Our class created very detailed lists of advantages and disadvantages of the colonists/Patriots, and the advantages and disadvantage of the British/Redcoats.

There was no argument that the British/Redcoats really had all the more advantages:

-better equipped soldiers

-more money in every aspect

– Good weapons

-Good leaders

-Strong backing from England

And the list goes on…

And yet, the TWO advantages I remember discussing that granted the colonist victory over Britain was

#1- A greater knowledge of the land (fought on American soil)

#2- Perhaps the STRONGEST advantage was that the colonists’ “cause” was deeper and genuine—- FREEDOM.

That my friends trumps all.

The British had the desire to have the colonies for wealth and benefit to the country.

However, the fight for FREEDOM from hefty taxes and a king was a strong and dedicating factor.

So I ask you today if you’re American and if you’re reading this…. do we think of that “cause of Freedom” today?

Do we take it lightly that countless numbers of soldiers and loved ones have sacrificed their entire lives so we could live in this INCREDIBLE country?

I hope not.

I hope to teach my children not just about the history of the Revolutionary War and how the 4th of July came to be….

But how amazing it is to live in a country where we can feel blessed everyday that SO many people have remembered the “cause” of freedom and why it’s worth fighting for…. and with that have given up their lives for us to prosper in this country.

Let’s make it a goal to remember this everyday.

Not just one time a year, but everyday, all year.

God Bless America!

Xoxo,

Christy Lee