Natural disasters have been on the news lately and with the reminents of Hurrican Ian coming through our Carolina mountains with heavy rains and winds last week, it gave me pause as I thought about the natural disasters some of my ancestors have lived through. 

Favorite and Historical Photo of My Parents

serendipity • \sair-un-DIP-uh-tee\ • noun

On this July 4th, we will not only celebrate our 246th year of American Independence, but we also have an opportunity to honor the memory of two of our Founding Fathers – John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. 196 years ago on the 4th of July, they both quietly passed away just four hours apart. They began as Founding Brothers and ended as rivals. Though they may have had political differences, neither one wavered in their untiring belief in the republican form of government they helped create.

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