I started the Feel-Good Fridays column in September 2021. August 2021 was an incredibly difficult and depressing month on a number of levels, not the least of which was the aftermath of the Biden-Harris botched withdrawal from Afghanistan resulting in the death of 13 brave service members at Abbey Gate. All of us at Team RedState and all the Townhall Media properties were writing non-stop about the horrific fallout from that period, and after so many weeks of it, I personally needed something to feel good about and that could celebrate what was right with America rather than what was wrong; and with this last regime, there was a lot of wrong rolling out. I wanted to leave our readers with a smile on their faces, a tug at their heartstrings, or something that might bring a thankful tear to the eyes, no matter what had transpired in the news of the week.
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