Born for the USA

Now summer is in full bloom, and due to abundant rains, gardening has become a game of catch-up, weeds need pulling, and the mosquitoes are ferocious. Whenever I feel like giving up on a job like that to plop on the couch with a bag of chips, instead I have been inspired to persevere by the autobiography of an amazing woman and true patriot.Elly Matz immigrated to America more than sixty-five years ago from Ukraine, realizing her childhood dream to come to the land she first heard

Now summer is in full bloom, and due to abundant rains, gardening has become a game of catch-up, weeds need pulling, and the mosquitoes are ferocious. Whenever I feel like giving up on a job like that to plop on the couch with a bag of chips, instead I have been inspired to persevere by the autobiography of an amazing woman and true patriot.Elly Matz immigrated to America more than sixty-five years ago from Ukraine, realizing her childhood dream to come to the land she first heard about on her f…