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How motherhood made me rethink the Fourth of July
by Ginny Kubitz Moyer
At 2 years old, my son is already a patriot. This began around his first birthday, when he developed a massive love for flags. Every time we passed one on our walks, he'd point straight at it, his face lit up. This past Fourth of July, when a local realtor stuck business-card-bearing flags into every lawn on our street, Matthew was in ecstasy. My husband and I joke that in sixteen years he'll shun any political candidate who doesn't wear the stars and stripes on a lapel pin. It's not that he ...
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