Today will be another ship boarding, and this time we can’t say, "been there done that" as today it is The Queen. I was thinking last evening about these trips to England and what I would say to why we keep returning. We like England! We’re lazy with languages, and they speak English here! We get teased for our accent and our ways. I’m loud and Chuck is a little quieter so sometimes I have to tone down my laughing out loud or my political views. I side completely with our English cousins on stopping the terrorism and I’m not sure this will happen in the air, but I sure do hate the idea of boots on the ground. Today on the news there was a UNESCO report on the destruction of antiquities. There is a desire by the terrorists to wipe us, our culture our religion and our whole history out. I felt like I was watching Oliver Cromwell and his anti Catholic henchmen with sledge hammers busting up the antiquities. I feel helpless against a nameless placeless foe who hates us and kills retired grandmothers who are taking a little break from baby sitting. Wow! How did I get here? We have spent a month soaking up old homes and gardens, visiting and sleeping in the guest rooms of English family, enjoying the comraderie of English pubs, watching the English take respectful care of their monuments to soldiers both English and American, and watching with tears the English bring home their dead from the last terror attack. Why do I love these people? Because they are cousins of my heart. Shakespeare, Chaucer, Lewis Carroll, the Rolling Stones (Keith Richards and Mick Jagger are opening an exhibition in London), Harry Potter, Monty Montgomery. I can go on and on. Yesterday as we walked back to the hotel at the end of the day, I crossed the street to get a look at one more monument… To pilgrims and to the men who left Southhampton on boats headed for Normandy. The war monument plaque is placed right on the Pilgrim monument. Let us cherish our history and teach to children love, to respect our freedom, and to cherish our religious beliefs and freedom. God bless you.
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