There was a time I hated them because I felt so alone. Heck, I even resented other people for enjoying them.

After years of feeling this way I finally made the decision to get up and out and do something; to attend what celebrations there were even if it meant doing so alone. I needed to make my own traditions and embrace the holidays making them my own. Screw other people's ideas of how one ought to celebrate.

However fireworks are difficult for me as I see them as difficult for some people and even politically incorrect for others. I cringe when I hear them not because I myself am bothered but because I am aware they can be horribly triggering for others. Why do we continue with such an archaic practise?