The GOP Convention took place last week in Tampa , Florida , and Mitt
Romney is now the official Republican nominee for the office of President of
the United States
I do not know Mitt and Ann Romney personally. I do not travel in the circles of the rich
and famous or in the circles of leadership of The Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter Day Saints (often known as Mormons); however, I understand Ann's
thoughts about her husband, children, grandchildren, and America
"I'm not sure if men really understand this,
but I don't think there's a woman in America
"And that's fine. We don't want easy. But these last few years have been harder
than they needed to be. It's all the
little things - that price at the pump you just can't believe, the grocery
bills that just get bigger; all those things that used to be free, like school
sports, are now one more bill to pay.
It's all the little things that pile up to become big things. And the big things - the good jobs, the
chance at college, that home you want to buy, just get harder. Everything has become harder.
"We're too smart to know there aren't easy
answers. But we're not dumb enough to
accept that there aren't better answers."
I appreciated knowing more about how Mitt and Ann
met and what they were like as young adults.
I like to hear a man or a woman express love for his or her spouse,
children, and grandchildren. I am grateful
for Ann's expression of love and trust in her husband.
After describing how she met Mitt at a high
school dance, she continued, "That was 42 years ago. Now we have five sons and 18 grandchildren
and I'm still in love with that boy I met at a high school dance.
"I read somewhere that Mitt and I have a
`storybook marriage.' Well, in the
storybooks I read, there were never long, long, rainy winter afternoons in a
house with five boys screaming at once.
And those storybooks never seemed to have chapters called MS or breast
cancer.
"A storybook marriage? No, not at all. What Mitt Romney and I have is a real
marriage.
"I know this good and decent man for what he
is - warm and loving and patient…."
"You may not agree with Mitt's positions on
issues or his politics….
"But let me say this to every American who
is thinking about who should be our next president:
"No one will work harder. No one will care more. No one will move heaven and earth like Mitt
Romney to make this country a better place to live! …
"This is the man America
"This is the man who will wake up every day
with the determination to solve the problems that others say can't be solved,
to fix what others say is beyond repair.
This is the man who will work harder than anyone so that we can work a
little less hard.
"I can't tell you what will happen over the
next four years. But I can only stand
here tonight, as a wife, a mother, a grandmother, an American, and make you
this solemn commitment:
"This man will not fail.
"This man will not let us down.
"This man will lift America
"You can trust Mitt.
"He loves America America
"God bless each of you and God Bless the United States of America
This speech by Ann Romney was much easier on my
spirit than when I heard Michelle Obama say that she had never been proud to be
an America until her husband
was elected as the President of the United States America
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