Fear Not
When I was a little girl, I was terrified of fireworks. While there is a part of me that wants to defend my position because fireworks were notoriously unsafe in the 1980’s, but somewhere in my head, I know that I was just scared. I would spend the 4th of July with my head buried in my mom’s shoulder just praying for it to be over. I would squeeze my eyes shut tightly and just breathe my way through. I was terrified of the noises. I hated being caught off guard, and shak