{"id":12998,"date":"2010-07-03T17:14:00","date_gmt":"2010-07-03T21:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/?p=12998"},"modified":"2012-05-11T18:28:05","modified_gmt":"2012-05-11T22:28:05","slug":"life-liberty-and-the-pursuit-of-happiness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/life-liberty-and-the-pursuit-of-happiness\/","title":{"rendered":"Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4, not with a parade of guns, tanks, and soldiers who file by the White House in a show of strength and muscle, but with family picnics where kids throw Frisbees, the potato salad gets iffy, and the flies die from happiness. You may think you have overeaten, but it is patriotism.<\/em> ~Erma Bombeck<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_OxFi9LaSt_o\/TC-Wdu_9aQI\/AAAAAAAAF5A\/9XXdjZvoTmc\/s1600\/LoraleeLewisJuly3rd.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"400\" rw=\"true\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_OxFi9LaSt_o\/TC-Wdu_9aQI\/AAAAAAAAF5A\/9XXdjZvoTmc\/s400\/LoraleeLewisJuly3rd.jpg\" width=\"380\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_OxFi9LaSt_o\/TC-X2W-N9EI\/AAAAAAAAF5I\/xorgAj_wyo8\/s1600\/LoraleeLewisJuly3rda.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"371\" rw=\"true\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_OxFi9LaSt_o\/TC-X2W-N9EI\/AAAAAAAAF5I\/xorgAj_wyo8\/s400\/LoraleeLewisJuly3rda.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_OxFi9LaSt_o\/TC-YWEGF6PI\/AAAAAAAAF5Q\/7J-t7njsavM\/s1600\/LoraleeLewisJuly3rdb.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"295\" rw=\"true\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_OxFi9LaSt_o\/TC-YWEGF6PI\/AAAAAAAAF5Q\/7J-t7njsavM\/s400\/LoraleeLewisJuly3rdb.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">A few treats we&#8217;ve whipped up for the occasion&#8230;<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_OxFi9LaSt_o\/TC-ZWLQdChI\/AAAAAAAAF5Y\/UIFr95NnEDo\/s1600\/LoraleeLewisJuly3rdc.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"267\" rw=\"true\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_OxFi9LaSt_o\/TC-ZWLQdChI\/AAAAAAAAF5Y\/UIFr95NnEDo\/s400\/LoraleeLewisJuly3rdc.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_OxFi9LaSt_o\/TC-Zynz3V4I\/AAAAAAAAF5g\/iFaX6xy9OKI\/s1600\/NoFussFabulousIceCreamStarSandwiches1.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_OxFi9LaSt_o\/TC-bNmqaeyI\/AAAAAAAAF5o\/YdH9gFxXi9A\/s1600\/LoraleeLewisJuly3rdd.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"400\" rw=\"true\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_OxFi9LaSt_o\/TC-bNmqaeyI\/AAAAAAAAF5o\/YdH9gFxXi9A\/s400\/LoraleeLewisJuly3rdd.jpg\" width=\"286\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">I love our America!<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\">Happy Independence Day,<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mylivesignature.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/signatures.mylivesignature.com\/54487\/213\/1B769B0C9152F3A8AEB6C0B8BFF46123.png\" style=\"background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4, not with a parade of guns, tanks, and soldiers who file by the White House in a show of strength and muscle, but with family picnics where kids throw Frisbees, the potato salad gets iffy, and the flies die from happiness. 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