HOPE

I'm proud of you. I'm proud of all of you that got your asses up today, and last week, and the week before and went and cast your ballot. I am proud that you exercised your right to vote. A right that was not given to us, was not handed to us on a platter. A right our grandparents, mothers, fathers, aunts, uncles and all those that came before us, whether we knew them by name or not, a right that they fought for. A right that they sacrificed for. A right that they blazed for us in the HOPE that we would have a better life. Something better than what they had. A chance to make a CHANGE for good not just in our own lives, but for our families, communities and our world.

Our grandparents sacrificed so that we might achieve. Our grandfather was left for dead under the snow in France during WWII. He returned home with a dream to be a lawyer and attended college classes at Laredo Junior College. He had to walk away from his dream to support his wife and children. But he never let that dream die. He held onto it for his own children and his grandchildren.

It is our responsibility to remember what was sacrificed for us. It is our responsibility to BUILD on those stones that were laid down for us. It is our responsibility to lay down the next stones for our children, and for the future generations.

A tree can only grow as tall as its roots are deep. teach your kids their history. where we came from. encourage them to grow tall and strong and to look with gratitude and reverance to their past and look towards the future with great HOPE

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