November 7, 2016

November 7, 2016 -- Election Eve

My granddaughter asked for help with a generations project at school.
I showed her our trail of ancestors that led to 1620 and the Mayflower.
We studied a vein that led to those who made the trek by handcart to Utah Territory in the 1800s.
We talked about her great grandfather who was a prisoner of war in Germany during WWII.

All the while, I was thinking of our rights to life, to safety, to the fruits of our Founding Fathers who willingly offered their "lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor" in exchange for documents that have secured the freedoms citizens have enjoyed in The United States of America for 240 years.

I am only one voter,  grateful to be a beneficiary of millions of American patriots who came before.
My vote matters.
And I will.