Our day started slowly, with a definite reluctance to get out of bed.
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| Dodong and Kuya hanging out in bed |
Eventually Sweetie and Grump got their act together, and leaving the boys with Lola, did what they usually do on a non-working day, namely, GO SHOPPING!
Whilst waiting for Sweetie to try on some clothes, Grump snapped a few odd pics:
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| Plastic feet behind the door |
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| It's a fat man in the mirror again! |
Probably the most interesting part of the day occurred during a phone call with Grandma and Grandpa. We were talking about how both of them, with God's Grace and hard work, had pulled themselves up from a life of poverty to, well, if not a life of luxury, then certainly a life of predictable comfortableness. They were presented with opportunities in life, which they wisely took good advantage of.
We wonder if the same type opportunities will exist for Kuya and Dodong?
It will be hard to have such a dramatic improvement in lifestyle as experienced by Grandma and Grandpa. It's kinda like joining a very good sports team that has won the championship for the past seven years. While there is always room for improvement, there is much less in that case than joining a team that has consistently had a losing record.
We also wonder how much longer America will stay a great country? While I don't need to describe all the challenges facing us, it is still true that the USA is probably the best place overall to live in the world. (Don't believe me? Then explore other places to live. Maybe you'll find a place that better suits you.) But we can hardly say that we have a society that collectively does its best. Perhaps the best description I've heard of America is that, while in need of a lot of work, it's the best house in a bad neighborhood, (the rest of the world).
Maybe someday soon another country will collectively get its "house in order", and that will become the best place to live?
Maybe someday there will be peace in the mideast?
Anyway ...... happy Fourth of July!
Peace!
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