As I watched the fireworks last night so many words came to mind. Beautiful, intense, spectacular, artful…. Freedom.
I love fireworks and Independence Day. I may be a little sentimental or overly patriotic (if there is such a thing), but when I watch fireworks on Independence Day it always brings tears to my eyes. I think of Francis Scott Key looking out across the bay at dawn’s early light to see our flag still waving there. I think of the first patriots who signed the Declaration of Independence on the first Independence Day, and the courage it took to do so. I think of soldiers who have bled and died to gain our freedom, and those who even now, are away from the ones they love to keep it.
America may not be perfect, but we still are the land of endless opportunity. A country where others long to live. We may not be perfect, but we still have so much to be thankful for. So when those streaming lights are bursting in the sky, and flickering in the darkness, my heart swells with pride to live in the home of the brave and the land of the free. I thank God for freedom, and I thank all the brave men and women who fight to keep us that way.
Have a wonderful and safe Independence Day and God bless!
