Dear America,

I love you. I love you and I’m sorry. I’m sorry for the way you are being attacked. Not attacked by outsiders, but by insiders. Accused of being everything but the benevolent, generous, welcoming place that you are. There is such a lack of gratitude in the public square for everything that you have been, to we, your citizens, and to those seeking solace and safety from every other corner of the world. Instead, there are those that would tear you apart, piece by piece. I am saddened that you open your shores to people who are escaping every type of misery and oppression, that they have the opportunity to know freedom as nowhere else in the world, that they can rise to positions of power and given voice, only that they should use that voice to malign you, but I thank you for the freedom that allows it. America, I love you. You are the only country that gives so much for the greater good throughout the world. America, I will never disparage you. I will never denounce you, I will never disrespect you, because I know that no matter your short comings, you are good. I honor my forefathers and their struggles to be a free nation, the free nation where we can make dreams come true. I am proud to be accountable to your ideals and the hard work it takes to achieve them. America, it isn’t you that has failed us. You never could. It is man. It is human beings that fail one another. My heart breaks witnessing the many acts of spite toward you. America, on this 4th of July, I pray for you and your resilience to weather these storms. Your people are some of the kindest, most generous, most beautiful people on the planet and no-one will tell me otherwise. In closing, I say this…GOD BLESS AMERICA, LAND THAT I LOVE. 

Grateful for you,

Margarita