This e-mail comes from Denver:

Today I celebrate my 21st anniversary of my U.S. Citizenship. Received in uniform, on board my ship “Old Ironsides” (USS Constitution), in the middle of Boston harbor during the annual “Turnaround Cruise”.
My commanding officer, a good man, made this happen for me. Me, a lowly enlisted immigrant who made it to these blessed shores, determined to earn my citizenship by enlisting in the mightiest Navy in the world.
My Commander stopped the ship, halting the nearly two thousand vessels following us – everything from kayaks to luxury yachts – and told the several hundred on board that they were about to witness the swearing-in ceremony of one of his crew.
Admiral Crowe, Chairman Joint Chiefs, was our guest of honor. He welled up, and had to pause several times in his introduction of me to the crowd. A Federal judge then swore me in, the second time I had the honor of swearing allegiance to the Constitution (the first being when I had enlisted a few years prior).
It was the finest, proudest most grateful day of my life.
So today I shall play catch with my kids, and raise my glass to this special country that has been and remains a beacon of hope and liberty to the world’s oppressed. With my neighbors, we shall grill burgers and dogs, drink beer, let the kids light a few hundred dollars worth of fireworks and toast our men and women in uniform.
I love my life.