Letter: What freedom means to me

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FILE PHOTO: Jordyn Aisenbrey, 1, waves a flag as she watches the welcome home ceremony for the Ohio National Guard Battery B, 1-134th FA unit, from Piqua, Ohio, at Piqua High School on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2008. The unit arrived home following a one-year overseas deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Aisenbrey was greeting her dad, U.S.Army Spc. Sobert Aisenbrey. The Aisenbreys are from Fort Recovery, Ohio..(AP Photo/Mike Ullery, Piqua Daily Call)

Talk about it

I am only 11 years old and this was really hard for me to understand all the freedoms we have. So I took the word “freedom” and thought of something for each letter:

F-Fighting for our right to be free.

R-Right to vote.

E-Everyone has a voice to speak.

E-Earn the right to choose a religion.

D-Don’t forget the ones who have died for our country.

O-Others wish they had our freedom.

M-Make a stand to fight for freedom.

Now is the time to pray for our freedom and the freedom other countries deserve. Here is my prayer:

Dear Lord, Please keep our troops safe as they fight for freedom. And please give other countries the freedom we have. Amen.

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