TEXAS!

Today on our way home from school I asked Dylan what his favorite part of today was and he told me that it was saying the Pledge of Allegiance. This intrigued me and I asked him if he could say it for me. He did, with his hand on his heart. Then came from his lips this:
"Honor the Texas flag; I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one state under God, one and indivisible." I was surprised! I actually knew the Texas pledge but hadn't thought about it in 6 or 7 years (since I was working in the school system). For those of you who don't know, Texas is actually the Republic of Texas (since 1835) and as such, can fly its flag at the same height as the American Flag (although no self-respecting patriotic Texan would ever do such a thing!) Texas became a state under annexation or bypassed the territorial phase of statehood (which to my knowledge is the only state in the union to do such). Here in West Texas, American pride runs deep, Texan pride runs deeper! I believe that placing hand over heart as little children has a lot to do with that. So I'll close this post in the spirit of things "REMEMBER THE ALAMO!"