The most important thing is to enjoy your life — to be happy. It’s all that matters. -Audrey Hepburn
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Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come without leaving happier. -Mother Teresa
Happiness is the best makeup. -Drew Barrymore
Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be. -Abraham Lincoln
The only thing that will make you happy is being happy with who you are. -Goldie Hawn
Independence is happiness. -Susan B. Anthony
If you want to be happy, be. -Leo Tolstoy
We don’t laugh because we’re happy – we’re happy because we laugh. -William James
Happiness is letting go of what you think your life is supposed to look like. -Unknown
Happiness? That’s nothing more than health and a poor memory. -Albert Schweitzer
Stay healthy! Stay safe!
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The first two photos were taken at Wonderwood Park…one of my favorite places to go when visiting the kids. It is a very easy walk from their home.
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Patrick Henry
Give me liberty or give me death!
Nelson Mandela
For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.
James Bryce
Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong.
Henry James
I think patriotism is like charity — it begins at home.
Ronald Reagan
Freedom is one of the deepest and noblest aspirations of the human spirit.
Abraham Lincoln
Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.
Robert Frost
Freedom lies in being bold.
Harry S. Truman
America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination.
Woodrow Wilson
The flag is the embodiment, not of sentiment, but of history.
Happy Independence Day, America!
Stay healthy! Stay safe!
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Flowers don’t worry about how they’re going to bloom. They just open up and turn toward the light and that makes them beautiful. – Jim Carrey
A flower blossoms for its own joy. – Oscar Wilde
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The fairest thing in nature, a flower, still has its roots in earth and manure. – D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
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