Anticipation

I know it's been a while since my last post and I do have new pictures, I've just been to lazy to upload them to my computer. But I wanted to at least make a post before the 4th of July came and went. This has to be one of my favorite holidays. I love seeing the firework stands being set up in the grocery store parking lots, the red, white & blue attire for sale in the stores waiting to be bought and worn to show your patriotic support. The blankets and chairs laid out early along the parade routes in hopes of getting the perfect spot. The smell of gunpowder as it drifts through the air after the fireworks finale. The sight of local sweet cherries for sale in the stores. It reminds me of the cherry tree we had in our front yard growing up. I remember my dad going out the morning of the 4th picking a bucket of fresh cherries to take to the parade and then sitting on the sidewalk eating cherries till we were sick and spitting the pits in the gutter. But one of my most favorite things about this holiday was attending the Stadium of Fire before they started overpricing the tickets. We would sit at the north end of the stadium as close to the top as my mom could get. As the national anthem was sung by whoever they hired that year the anticipation would grow waiting for the F-16 fighter jets to flyover at the end of the song. We would stand with binoculars looking off to the south. I remember the lump in my throat I would get seeing those jets come and thinking of the brave men and women who we have to thank for being able to celebrate this glorious holiday. My eyes tear up now just at the meer thought of that sight. To those men and women I would like to say thank-you for all of your bravery and sacrifice. We truly are the Land of the Free because of the Brave!!