Good morning :). Okay, so it’s not totally morning yet, but it’s after midnight. I would like to begin by saying, “Help me!” :) Seriously! I should be sleeping. I was so sleepy a for a couple of hours and then a few minutes ago, ready to go to sleep — write, write, wriiiiiiiiite!!! keeps coming from somewhere! Hehehehe.

The cards above were sent to me from some close friends last year and I want to send them to us here in the United States of America.

Do you know why I thought of you today?

We need happiness. Yes, in the middle of the stuff. Not easy, but doable, maybe? No, not maybe, but yes.

I thought of you, America, today, because you are this great big country. Lots of land from California to New York. From North Dakota to Texas. Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands. Beautiful in its own right. The mountain ranges in Alaska, Colorado, Virginia. The lakes in Michigan, the Mississippi and Missouri River. The coasts, East, West, Gulf, Hawaiian, Alaskan. The forests, the valleys, the deserts, the plains, the gorges. The National Parks, the State Parks, Local Parks. The animals — the American Eagle, the seagulls, the bison, the mountain lions, the coyotes, the rabbits, deer, black bears, brown bears…