below was actually from yesterday mon. 2/25. my latptop died on me for no apparent reason. blogspot did save this for us though:

i have been in this country since 1984. i've always been american, but technically i was never american until today... i got my citizenship! i never thought i'd feel different, but i do and it feels good. i can vote in the country i've lived in for the last 24 years and i can even get a government job if i want! during my ceremony there was a letter from the president in an envelope which i read and found intriguing. in case you've never read a welcome letter into the country, here's what it reads:

Dear Fellow American,

I am pleased to congratulate you on becoming a United States citizen. You are now a part of a great and blessed Nation. I know your family and friends are proud of you on this special day.

Americans are united across the generations by grand and enduring ideals. The grandest of these ideals is an unfolding promise that everyone belongs, that everyone deserves a chance, and that no insignificant person was ever born. Our country has never been united by blood or birth or soil. We are bound by principles that moce us beyond our backgrounds, lift us above our interests, and teach us what it means to be citizens. Every citizen must uphold these principles. And every new citizen, by embracing these ideals, makes our country more, not less, American.

As you begin to participate fully in our democracy, remember that what you is as important as antyhing government does. I ask you to serve you new Nation of character. Americans are generous and strong and decent not because we believe in ourselves, but because we hold beliefs beyond ourselves. When this spirit of citizenship is missing, no government program can replace it. When this spirit is present, no wrong can stand against it.

Welcome to the joy, responsibility, and freedom of American citizenship. God bless you, and God bless America.

Sincerely,

George W. Bush

just some food for thought...

join us next time for some more blog therapy as we move forward on our journey to fabulosity

-Mama