{"id":262,"date":"2010-07-02T10:18:12","date_gmt":"2010-07-02T10:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myfinancialfocus.net\/mainsite\/?p=262"},"modified":"2025-08-24T06:39:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T10:39:13","slug":"happy-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myfinancialfocus.net\/mainsite\/index.php\/happy-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend we will be celebrating the 234 birthday of the greatest country in the world. \u00a0I am thankful to have been born in this country. \u00a0Through my years, I have had the opportunity to visit other country&#8217;s, and I do say that this one is the greatest.<\/p>\n<p>Many will begin their festivities today. \u00a0The holiday weekend will be full of fireworks, parades, family picnics, pool, lake and all the other things that we do to &#8220;celebrate&#8221; our nations freedom. \u00a0Many are simply looking forward to the long, three day, weekend and not facing Monday as another work day. \u00a0The Fourth means different things to different people.<\/p>\n<p>Take time in your busy holiday festivities to be thankful for what we have in America. \u00a0 Our country has changed so much in the last few years. \u00a0Some would say she has changed for the good and others for the worse. \u00a0 Regardless, I am proud to be an American. \u00a0Take time to reflect on what life might have been like if God would have allowed you to be born in another country. \u00a0Take time to reflect how you have been blessed in this country. \u00a0Take time to thank God for allowing you to be here.<\/p>\n<p>Happy 234th Ms. USA!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend we will be celebrating the 234 birthday of the greatest country in the world. \u00a0I am thankful to have been born in this country. \u00a0Through my years, I have had the opportunity to visit other country&#8217;s, and I do say that this one is the greatest. 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