America's Birthday and the Joy of Freedom !!

This Fourth of July Weekend has brought up feelings of joy in my heart and made me so proud to be an American ! I spent 4 years in the United States Marine Corp from 1967-1971and every time I hear the Marine Corp Hymn I cry with pride to have served ! When I think of all the things I have been able to do in my life I am full of gratefulness that I am and American who is free to chose my life's path ! My father came home from fighting the Germans in the deserts of Africa and married my Mom and they had me on September 5th ,1945 in Goose Creek ,Texas and my road to living a Blessed life began !My Grandpa Charlie Joseph came to this country with my Grandma in 1918 from Lebanon and started a grocery store and raised my Dad from an early age in that business and he learned well . In the Army he was in the Quartermaster Corp feeding the troops . In 1951 we had moved to the Northside of Houston and my dad bought land and a house and built a grocery store and called it Joseph & Son Grocery and he made a success of the business and like his Dad taught him he taught me each day how to run that store !My dad was wonderful to people and was a very giving person and taught me to do the same .He made lots of money and we lived a great life . He was a good man .When I was 16 my Dad died of a heart attack at 43 years old . He wanted me to have that grocery store and left it to me to run at such a early age but he taught me well and I ran that store . Only in America ! My Dad was Catholic and wanted me to go to Catholic school and learn about Jesus Christ and get a better education .I was Blessed from age 6 when I started in the 1st grade . They spent a lot of money to send me to private school. Everyday after school I would come home and did my home work and then I worked in the store with my Mom and Dad and listened to the radio and the guy on the radio I thought he had the best job in the world and it was the dawn of Rock and Roll and the station was KILT . I decided that I was going to go to work there one day and did and worked afternoon drive !Radio was my first love not the grocery store where I worked 16 hours a day and the radio was 4 hours a day !! I lived in freedom and I could do anything I put my mind to do and I did just that !! Only in freedom in America !! God Bless America !! I am so blessed to have worked doing what I love and enjoyed going to work each day ! Only in you can do anything you want !! I am a retired man who has been retired since July 13th ,1998 and I am a happy man because I live in a country where you can do what makes you happy !! This 4th of July be thankful you live in the Good ole United States of America in Freedom !! 8