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Proud to be a Hispanic American living in the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave

You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4, not with a parade of guns, tanks, and soldiers who file by the White House in a show of strength and muscle, but with family picnics where kids throw Frisbees, the potato salad gets iffy, and the flies die from happiness. You may think you have overeaten, but it is patriotism. ~ Erma Bombeck

Tomorrow is the the 4th of July, and the day in which our country celebrates its independence. What an honor to live in a country so great that we can have the freedom to be who we want to be, and to be able to to come and go as we please.

I want to personally take this opportunity to thank all those brave men and women that are out there fighting for our freedom. My family, of many generations, was born and raised in this country that we all call home. If it had not been for these brave souls, that fight for our freedoms, we may have not been able to live the free lives we’ve lived for so many years. Thank YOU for defending all of us, and for our rights and freedoms!

I also want to acknowledge the AWESOME singer of this video clip, Fernando Varela. Fernando has been hailed as the Puerto Rican Pavarotti by El Nuevo Día. I am honored to call Fernando my friend, via Twitter, as well as his siblings Julito (the brother I never had), their sister, Vanessa, and the father that started it all, Julio. They are a family who have truly touched my heart and it’s an honor to call them mi familia.