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America the Beautiful - Thanks to our Veterans

12/15/2021

 
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I am writing to thank our service members who have served and those who are currently serving our country today. These heroes deserve so much respect and love. I cannot imagine what they’ve been through, or what they’ve seen.  

July 4, 1776. Our country declared its independence from Great Britain. Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration and signed it along with 55 other delegates. The declaration talks about how we are a free country and how we have the right to be. “We hold these truths to be self-evident. That all men are created equal.” Our veterans fought for many years to protect our rights.

June 6, 1944. United States forces landed on Normandy beach. Loaded in boat transports, these men faced high winds and waters to get to their destination. Their destination was once a beautiful beach. Now, it was nowhere near it. Instead of seashells and beach chairs, this beach was covered in barbed wire, and at the top of the hill, it was loaded with German bunkers filled with dozens of German machine guns. Most men were sitting ducks, but the survivors pushed on and eventually took the beach. This became a turning point in the war. A war that freed men, and stopped a tyrant.

January 1973. Our service members came home from Vietnam. They came home from the communist war that they were chosen to fight. They did what their country asked of them, right? Yes, they did. When they came home, they were ridiculed, treated like dirt and given no respect, only because people had different opinions about the government at that time. Americans didn’t want war, but that wasn’t the soldiers' fault. They only did their duty and did what their country had asked.

Fast forward to today and all I can say is thank you to all of our service members. Thank you for your dedication, hard work, and integrity. Thank you to those who didn’t make it back home, and all the ones in between. These people made our country free. The least we can do is give them the respect that they deserve.

Life Goes On

10/6/2021

 
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Life goes on. These three words can go different ways. They could be happy, like when you have a good day at school, and it leads to something you’ve been looking forward to, such as a Friday night football game or a party. It could mean you’ve had a mediocre day and you go to bed to wake up to the next day. If we are honest, more than likely, this saying means a bad thing.

Life goes on. We all go through struggles. Everybody is fighting demons that nobody knows about, but life goes on. We all fight our demons and don’t tell anyone about them. Like when a relative is diagnosed with cancer, it can be a stressful situation. I know from experience how hard it can be. It’s not just hard on the patient. Everyone gets stressed out. We put up that imaginary wall and hold onto every sad emotion. We all try to fight alone. We are all a little insecure. We don’t like to share our feelings. We just go day by day living the same life. We need to share our demons with others. The people around us are here for us. There are people out there for you. They can help you. Sadly, the truth is that most people decide to hide their demons because they are too embarrassed to share.

​Life goes on. We all wake up and start the day, but how many of us are excited to wake up on a daily basis? I know that a lot of times I am not that enthusiastic about waking up early for school. Sometimes, I am excited to wake up. For example, I love waking up on Christmas morning. The smell of cedar and the sound of Christmas carols. Other days, I do not want to get up. Like the first day of school when I won’t have summer vacation for 180 more days. It makes me upset but life goes on.

Life goes on. You know, the more you say it, the heavier it sounds. Life shouldn’t just go on, should it? It’s life. It’s not some story that resets at night. It’s a novel and each day is a new chapter. Life is too short for it to just go on. When you have this mindset, it has a negative effect on your life. We start to treat life like it is just an everyday activity. Some people don’t get to experience life as long as others. Some live 90 years or more, and others sadly don’t make it out of the hospital when they are born.

Before I go, I want to leave you with a quote from Ferris Bueller. He said, “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop to look around once in a while, you could miss it.”

​So in conclusion, live a little, laugh a lot, but most importantly, have fun. We only get one life. Don’t waste it.


Until next time,
Ethan Roewe


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    Ethan

    Sophomore.
    Always doing something.
    Big Sports Fan.
    Early Bird.
    Farmer.

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