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Cute kid? Check. Bald eagle? Check. American flag? Check.

If your brain finds itself needing a break from the usual "everything sucks," "everything is terrible," and "dear God, someone do something," here is a Texas boy singing "God Bless America" to a bald eagle. The only thing missing is him eating a slice of apple pie.

A tip of the American flag cap to the mighty Whiskey Riff:

Local press has identified this young chad as San Antonio's Ezekiel Saldana.

Everything about this is awesome. He was on a school trip at the San Antonio Zoo. He had been practicing the song with his after-school choir. When asked why he sang?

“Because it was about America."

Then, when asked what he loves about America:

“That Jesus made it.”

I know there's no crying in patriotism. Or, at least, there is no .gif I could find that illustrates a patriotic tear rolling down your cheek, so I went with this instead:

That's just good parenting, good schooling, and good community...ing.

It's also great to have your day-to-day cynicism melt away, even if it's only temporary.

My niece's school has a Veterans Day ceremony this week. Seeing the smiles on their faces as they sang their hearts out with their American flag scarves warmed my heart.

As we know from having (somewhat unfortunately) grown up, that feeling doesn't last forever. We need to do what we can to make sure that feeling lasts for them as long as possible.

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