{"id":1728,"date":"2011-07-04T23:48:51","date_gmt":"2011-07-05T07:48:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/?p=1728"},"modified":"2023-04-17T16:12:02","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T00:12:02","slug":"in-celebration-of-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/04\/in-celebration-of-freedom\/","title":{"rendered":"In Celebration of Freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/04\/in-celebration-of-freedom\/&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=1&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;font=\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:25px\"><\/iframe><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fheathervale.com%2Fblog%2F2011%2F07%2F04%2Fin-celebration-of-freedom%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><p>Earlier tonight, I was out at the local July 4 fireworks display with my family.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not American, but I live in the U.S., my husband is American, and our son is half American (half Canadian).<\/p>\n<p>So rather than look at freedom from the stance of why Independence Day is celebrated, I have my own interpretation of what freedom means to me:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Freedom to live<br \/>\nWithout limits.<\/p>\n<p>Freedom to love<br \/>\nWithout boundaries.<\/p>\n<p>Freedom to laugh<br \/>\nWithout reason.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And freedom to enjoy family togetherness without restriction.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Fireworks-July4-11-03-sm1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1730\" title=\"Fireworks July 4 2011\" src=\"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Fireworks-July4-11-03-sm1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"506\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Fireworks-July4-11-03-sm1.jpg 506w, https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Fireworks-July4-11-03-sm1-300x207.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Barry-Konan-July4-11-sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1731\" title=\"Barry and Konan July 4 2011\" src=\"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Barry-Konan-July4-11-sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"505\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Barry-Konan-July4-11-sm.jpg 505w, https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Barry-Konan-July4-11-sm-300x223.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 505px) 100vw, 505px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Happy Independence Day!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keep Unwrapping the Mysteries of Life!<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Heather Vale Goss\" src=\"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/images\/sigHVG_2.1_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"205\" height=\"35\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier tonight, I was out at the local July 4 fireworks display with my family. 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