Celebrating the Fourth of July
The Fourth of July means different things to different people. It's also Indpendence Day. To some it only means another holiday to sleep in, and later party with family and friends. When I was a kid, it meant sparklers and watching dad set off fireworks in the front yard. I grew up during World War II, so there were no big fireworks displays. Now, because I live in the foothills of a very dry California, no fireworks are allowed here at all. Of course the major reason for the celebration is to remember the lives that were sacrificed to gain our independence from England. How you celebrate that freedom is the question I'm asking here. Way back when we had a bunch of kids living at home, we climbed up on our patio roof to watch the fireworks show at the nearby beach. (We lived in Oxnard CA at the time.) Of course we'd already enjoyed hamburgers or hotdogs cooked on the grill. In later years, when I had a licensed care facility for developmentally disabled women...