i don't know what love' is up to these days but it sure looks like it's hanging around.....

One time at a concert, Tony Lucca once said that his favorite road was the one that lead him home.

And then i died because how beautiful is that?

Tomorrow, i'll get on highway 29 and it will take me to Green Bay. My first love. My first city of any significance.

It will bring me to my family. To back patios and cook outs. To Popsicle and green grass and warm summer winds. I will hug my gma and everyone will be happy and excited but they'll also want to stop time because a weekend just doesn't seem like enough time.

i'll remember being small in my jammies, a sparkler in one hand and popscile in the other waiting for the fireworks to start, surrounded by my family. I'd stare in total awe of the big bursts of light in the air praying that it would never end. When it was over, we'd pile ourselves in the car and listen to great music as we waited to get out of the parking lot.

It would feel like i got to stay up soooooooo late and it would feel like a really special day and these memories would come back to visit whenever July crept up.

Fireworks remind me of family. Fireworks remind me of being a kid. Fireworks remind me that not everything is complicated and that growing up can still have elements of kids like fun.

This weekend, I'll celebrate my dad's birthday. i'll celebrate the man he is and how much he loves me and how he could have been a lot of things but being my dad was his biggest priority.

I'll hang with my mom and grandma and we'll do all kinds of things. I'll probably do some chores, but I will be doing them with the most grateful heart.

The road that leads me home always reminds me of my roots and who i am and i'm always better because of it.