REAL life in these United States

In response to Nancy Street’s letter on Jan. 9, I’d like to give a positive look at our lives in the United States.

Yes, we sit in our comfortable houses watching TV, read the sports pages, tailgate with our friends, go to the gym, shop and use our smartphones. But, let’s look at our lives positively.

We go to the gym to work on bettering ourselves, even when we overindulge.

We drive our SUV’s full of kids to soccer practices and baseball games where we volunteer coach, cheering on our kids, building them up and teaching them life skills.

We use our smartphones to stay in touch with friends an...