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Friday, July 2, 2010

Independence Day

With the Fourth of July coming up this weekend, it has me thinking about freedoms.
Here I sit, a healthy woman with two healthy children. I am free to write things like this:

According to a 2009 UN report, 500,000 women in the developing world die each year as a result of pregnancy, and for every woman who dies, another 20 suffer illness or injury, which can be permanent.
Also, a child born in one of the least developed countries is nearly 14 times more likely to die within the first 28 days of life than in industrialized countries.

I am very thankful that our forefathers (and the women who supported them) declared their independence 234 years ago, and that I was lucky enough to be born in the country that they built for me.

Now two beautiful little baby girls I call BabyCakes and LadyBug are free to grow up and declare their own independence as free women.



Happy Independence Day, my fellow lucky Americans!

3 comments:

Lea @ CiCis Corner said...

We are indeed blessed and if ever there was a time to realize it, it's now! What cute little girlies, just adorable! Blessings for a wonderful 4th!

One More Equals Four said...

Freedom is such a beautiful thing that we often take for granted! Hope you have a blessed holiday weekend!

Anonymous said...

yes, we are so lucky to be here. your girls are beautiful. happy independence day!