Born Again American
Hello America!
My blog title today, Born Again American, comes courtesy of my Dad, Robert Penovich, a WWII B-17 pilot who flew the Battle of the Bulge, dropped food rations to the starving Dutch in Operation Chowhound, and liberated French Prisoners of War out of Austrian German camps back to France.
There is not a moment when my Dad sees the colors or hears the anthem that he doesn't choke up, he loves this country that much. This kind of love is born of a grateful heart. He's 1st generation; his parents came over to America from Serbia via Ellis Island in the early 1900's. His parents had everything they owned on their person. They came because of their dream of more.
Dad is a pretty humble guy. He first started college at Case, in Cleveland, only because a coach offered him a scholarship. He said, "yes". Then he went off to war, and when he came back, he married his high school sweetheart, my Mom, and gave up his scholarship to someone else, because he could continue on the GI bill. He became an engineer and appreciated every opportunity that came his way. He said, "yes" to life, to liberty, and most importantly to showing up for his own life with an open and grateful heart.
Last night he showed me this video on his computer. He's now 86 and loves the technology, works in the woodshop everyday, and is still expanding, learning and saying "yes" to life.
While we watched this video, we were both crying. We both love this country so much. So you don't think we're always in agreement, at least politically, we have always agreed to share our views as loving friends. Even though we have different ideas of things sometimes, we still share and grow, because we love and respect each other so much.
This is my idea of America, as a family. You see, we all get to be here. Every idea, ever thought, every concept that can be conceived is embraced by the concept of democracy. Inherent in that idea is that if we love each other as family, we can agree to disagree and we can still keep sharing and keep loving and expanding, because of our Love for each other and this great land.
So, head on over to Born Again American, listen to the words, read the mission and pledge yourself to becoming a Born Again American who takes up his/her own bed and walks...for the sake of Love.
My blog title today, Born Again American, comes courtesy of my Dad, Robert Penovich, a WWII B-17 pilot who flew the Battle of the Bulge, dropped food rations to the starving Dutch in Operation Chowhound, and liberated French Prisoners of War out of Austrian German camps back to France.
There is not a moment when my Dad sees the colors or hears the anthem that he doesn't choke up, he loves this country that much. This kind of love is born of a grateful heart. He's 1st generation; his parents came over to America from Serbia via Ellis Island in the early 1900's. His parents had everything they owned on their person. They came because of their dream of more.
Dad is a pretty humble guy. He first started college at Case, in Cleveland, only because a coach offered him a scholarship. He said, "yes". Then he went off to war, and when he came back, he married his high school sweetheart, my Mom, and gave up his scholarship to someone else, because he could continue on the GI bill. He became an engineer and appreciated every opportunity that came his way. He said, "yes" to life, to liberty, and most importantly to showing up for his own life with an open and grateful heart.
Last night he showed me this video on his computer. He's now 86 and loves the technology, works in the woodshop everyday, and is still expanding, learning and saying "yes" to life.
While we watched this video, we were both crying. We both love this country so much. So you don't think we're always in agreement, at least politically, we have always agreed to share our views as loving friends. Even though we have different ideas of things sometimes, we still share and grow, because we love and respect each other so much.
This is my idea of America, as a family. You see, we all get to be here. Every idea, ever thought, every concept that can be conceived is embraced by the concept of democracy. Inherent in that idea is that if we love each other as family, we can agree to disagree and we can still keep sharing and keep loving and expanding, because of our Love for each other and this great land.
So, head on over to Born Again American, listen to the words, read the mission and pledge yourself to becoming a Born Again American who takes up his/her own bed and walks...for the sake of Love.
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