There’s more to be proud of than what gay pride month. In this blog, I will be talking all a person can be proud of. At the same time, I will not downgrade the gays being proud and gay; that’s their choice. We all have that rights to choose to be who we are. It’s our freedom to be who we are. I’m proud of the freedom we have to be who we want to be.

There’s a story that my daddy tells religiously like clockwork every time he sees an opening in a conversation about the way things used to be. Us kids just roll our eyes as he would talked. Sometimes, we couldn’t get away fast enough.

My step-dad may not been perfect, but at least I’m proud to be his son. He did more for me than my real father. He raised me from the time I was 5 going on 6 years old. He was the only dad I knew. Some kids never had a dad around. I’m proud to call him daddy.

I’m proud of our veterans, who fought and some even died for our country. I’m proud of our military. I never served but I’m proud for those who did. Whenever the opportunity comes up, I will say thanks for their service.

I’m proud of the American flag. I will gladly and proudly stand up to salute the American flag. Whenever I see someone choosing not to stand up for the flag; it’s make me very angry. I remembered back in school,standing up for the Pledge of Allegiance every morning before class begin. Now, they don’t do that anymore in our schools. They need to bring that back in our schools.

Whenever I see rioters burning the American flags in protest; it’s pissed me off. We live in a country where we are free to protest but we do not have the rights to burn the American flags and/or destroy private or public property. Whoever is caught burning the American flag should get jail time.

I’m proud of the 10 commandments and the Bible. At one time there was a 10 commandments monument outside the Fargo Public library and the old City Hall in Fargo, North Dakota. It had been taken down. It should be put back. They should put back the 10 commandments in our schools as well. The moment they took the Bible, prayers, 10 commandments and the American flag out of our schools; there have been more school shootings.

I’m proud of our police. They have a job to do, to protect us. Yet, there are those on the Left who want to de-fund the police. Whenever I get the chance when I see the police, I thanked them for their service.

I’m proud of those who risked their lives daily during the Pandemic. When everyone else were forced to stay home during Covid, they went to work saving lives. I had to go-to work everyday during the Pandemic.

I used to be proud of our teachers; but I’m not anymore. If the teachers actually did their job and taught what they are supposed to instead of teaching Critical Race theory. I’m proud of those who done what was right. If the teachers would teach rather than indoctrinate our students then I can be proud of them. They do not deserve a raise and/or our respect.

This past Saturday was something to be proud of. I’m talking about the parade and celebration in Washington DC in honor of the army 250th anniversary. I saw how beautiful it was. It made me proud to be an American. It was such a proud moment for America. I cannot understand why those on the left can be so disrespectful. It was very Patriotic and that is something to be proud of. I was all choked up when I saw it.

When did the Democrats become so hateful, disrespectful and unpatriotic? At one time, the Democrats were patriotic, what happened to their patriotism? Do they actually hate America that bad?

I have to admit that I’m proud of President Donald Trump. I haven’t been proud of our Presidents since President Reagan. I was never proud of Joe Biden and George W. Bush. I wasn’t proud of Bill Clinton when he made a mockery of the Oval office when he had oral sex with Monica Lewinsky.

Parents should be proud of their children no matter what they do in life or what their grades are in school. Kids will be kids. Parents mustn’t compared their kids over the grades they get in school. Each kids are unique. I was compared to my sister when it came to our grades on our report cards.

When a child mess up and misbehave, a parent shouldn’t stop loving and being proud of them. A parent shouldn’t stop loving of being proud their kids if they happened to be gay either. Yet,some parents would not want anything to do with their kids if they choose to be gay.

I have a cousin who is gay and some of his siblings and other family members don’t want anything to do with him. They disowned him. As they are getting older and death seems to be knocking on their door, then they have a change of heart. They pushed him away and now they want to know how he is doing.

I’m proud of my family despite of it being dysfunctional. I’m proud of my parents even though they weren’t perfect. There are some children who didn’t have a mom or dad. There are some who didn’t have brothers and sisters. I started out as an only child but when my mother married my step-dad, I became the youngest of 7 Kids.

I’m proud that I came from a big family with lots of cousins. I’m proud that I was raised pretty much with my cousins. There was 2 cousins I didn’t knew at all. I even had second cousins that I was closed to, being that most of my cousins were quite a bit older than me.

I’m proud of the lesson I learned as a child. I’m glad that I was disciplined when I misbehaved. Children today are not disciplined. They have no respect for others and for their elders. I was proud of the way I was raised. I’m not proud of the abused though.

I’m not the proud one. I sometimes can be too proud to asked for help. That’s pretty much because of the way I was raised as a child. It was hard to asked for help because it showed a sign of weakness according to my parents. Admitting you need help is not a sign of weakness like my parents have drilled in my head growing up. I’m proud of anyone who does seek help when they need it. It doesn’t mean that you are weak. Remember, pride goes before a fall!

What are you proud of?