God, if you are listening...
Today is the fourth of July, a holiday of independence and freedom celebrated all across the United States of America. One would have to hide in a hole for almost a week to not notice the patriotic constituents plastering red, white and blue on every surface to be seen. It's a day not only of celebration, but of remembering what it took to get us to where we are today. The lives that were sacrificed, the people that gave what they had, and the journeys that have been faced to label us as the 'land of the free.' I am a rich American. I don't struggle to make ends meet, I have a car, I live in a house, and I eat healthy food by choice every day. I take warm showers, I sleep on a soft pillow, and I have blessings that a tenfold every single day. But I am also an American who refuses to fall asleep. By fall asleep, I mean, conform to the reality of what is really going on. Are we really a country that remains free? Or is there now an element of fear as we live out or da...