tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513726410126955599.post6254397625000248293..comments2023-10-29T04:49:36.513-04:00Comments on So Very Very Thankful: Independence Day 2013VirginiaChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17282569773671179047noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513726410126955599.post-38088139854106489732013-12-05T04:36:18.227-04:002013-12-05T04:36:18.227-04:00I was a little girl when we became independent, an...I was a little girl when we became independent, and so for most of my life "I have been independent."<br />I have an independent spirit and only rely/depend on persons when I can't handle something on my own.<br />Our island becoming independent left quite an impression on lots of folks especially one author who wrote a book "Growing up Stupid under the Union Jack."VirginiaChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17282569773671179047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513726410126955599.post-45363722567465799622013-12-04T04:19:46.401-04:002013-12-04T04:19:46.401-04:00Having been brought up in the 'Mother Country&...Having been brought up in the 'Mother Country' it's a bit strange trying to relate to independence. At least it was. Now, of course, I have lived for nearly 40 years in a country which feels it has been subsumed into another (I'm referring, of course to Scotland not New Zealand) and I have a better understanding.GBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10289400344300258872noreply@blogger.com