I confess I don't bother to read most forwarded messages, even when they come from someone I know. Today, this one caught my eye and then really appealed to me when I read it. The thought crossed my mind that even if the gentleman who supposedly wrote it was non-existent and the thing fake, I wanted people to read it so I might break my rule and put it on the blog anyway. So I was pleased when I went to www.truthorfiction.com and found it was true. Here is the piece: Ode to America