Ten years.
Still a nation feels the effects of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centers in New York and on the Pentagon in Virginia. On a day, the enemy meant to destroy, one nation under God united together. Still families are missing fathers and mothers and sons and daughters and today as they mourn, we mourn and pray and remember with them. Enemies comforted enemies, political differences were set aside as with one voice, America declared war on any and all forces that would try to rob us of our God given freedom and rights to make our own choices and serve our God. A call went out. A call answered by individuals that gave up their life and opportunities to play sports or make money or spend every day with their family to ensure that we could do those things. To ensure our safety. Among those soldiers that traded flip flops for combat boots, baseball bats for assault rifles, days of shopping or peaceful days spending time on the ranch for sleepless nights among suicide bombers and painful memories of lost soldiers were my cousins.
Kristine Elizabeth Lopez. United Air Force Military Police. Stationed in Saudi Arabia.
Eddie Gonzales. United States Army Infantry. Third tour to Afghanistan.
Borjas Ginzales. United States Army Sargent.
Joey Gonzales. United States Army Infantry. Afghanistan.
I am extremely proud of my cousins and uncle who have and are defending my right to be in church this morning, my right to work tomorrow, my right to live in peace and happiness, our right to be free.
Let this a message to any terrorizing threat, both foreign and domestic, that will try to apologize or take away my freedom and pride to be called a free American.
You will not prevail. If you should foolishly try, we will take up arms, we will find you and we will destroy you.
We are Americans. Citizens and soldiers of the greatest nation on Earth. Nothing and no one will change that.
God Bless our soldiers.
God Bless the directly effected families.
God Bless America.
