Independence Day

Horray! It's that time of year again....my favorite day of the year.

Sure, I love a good old saturday, I love my birthday, love love love Christmas day, and New Year's. The first day of fall, and any snow day is good. I love special days, and am partial to holidays.

But nothing compares to Independence day!

Growing up, I don't remember many fantastic event filled days. I remember watching fireworks~many colorful night skys dot my memory and yet all blur together. I remember always wanting a plan, always wondering what the plan was, watching the clock tick closer and closer to sunset. I remember those years getting in trouble because I wasn't where I said I would be. I remember always hoping, this would be the magical year that my dreams came true.

Two years ago my dreams came true. I spend an amazing day with my family. The Boitanos. (oh, the honeymoon crash of 2004 :) The Gregorys. World class day. Something magical happened when I wasn't even looking.

Maybe it's the combination of things. Good old Thomas Jefferson (my hero) full of ideals, full of promise writing that declaration. It's the idealism in me...wishing I lived in a country I could be proud of...okay, the history major in me is showing....wishing the fundamental things still applied TJ wrote about, not some interpretation massacred by America's right-wing~~oh, the hateful right! >:(

The promise of a better tomorrow. Saturdays spent watching baseball. Drinking coca~cola. Playing poker. Eating ice cream. Oh, the American dream. I like that for one day we can pretend times are good, like they used to be, and that they will always continue to be.