I feel like a little kid again!

We just had our work interrupted by one FAN-FREAKING-TASTIC fireworks show!  We have a huge window that stretches the length of our department that has the most amazing view of downtown.  Because there are multiple sites nearby the tend to put on fireworks shows fairly often, and because we work nights, we often have front row seats for these great events.

I adore fireworks (you know, as long as there’s no chance of one landing on my head).  I remember when I was little, we would go over to my aunt and uncle’s house for the 4th of July and my uncle and cousin would set of fireworks from their backyard.  It terrified me.  I loved seeing the fireworks, but I was constantly afraid that one would land on me or on their house or something.   I mean, we always heard horror stories!

Here, there’s no fear.  We’re inside, in a secure building.  We don’t have to worry about the heat, the smoke, or the bugs biting us.  It’s great!  And there just aren’t words enough for me to express how truly beautiful tonight’s performance was.  They had several new fireworks that I hadn’t seen before that were stunning, and it was all choreographed beautifully.  And this display was particularly close to us, so we felt like we were watching a 3D movie of some sort that seemed to reach out and almost grab us.

Throughout the experience, my co-worker and I found ourselves actually cheering outloud and ended up clapping when it was over.  There’s just something about fireworks that brings out the little kid in me.  Perhaps, for a brief moment in time, I am given the gift of remembering what it was like to be a child, with the whole world stretching out in front of me with infinite possibilities and the power of an infinite imagination.