I have been concerned in the last few days, about how the 4th will affect the burn babies. Afterall, two kittens who will run in terror when I put a bag of groceries on the kitchen floor, or turn on the coffee grinder – how will all the whiz bang that goes on after dark. How or what will it manifest itself as on the 4th?

If I hadn’t seen it with my own two eyes, I would have never believed it. I’ve never witnessed it before. They ran to the chaos. They were fascinated with the noise and the lights. Instead of running away and finding a place to hide (that I wouldn’t locate in days) they loved the show!

Both of them stayed together, almost hugging each other and went to the windows and doors looking out into the night sky that was exploding with color and noise.I was texting a friend (in disbelief) at the time. She asked me what I thought they were thinking? I considered the comment for a moment and typed back:

“I think they feel like after all they have been through, this is a walk in the park.”

This morning, they are still hugging bodies and sitting at the front door looking outside.Maybe they are waiting for the second act to begin? We got lucky this year, all my neighbors went elsewhere to celebrate. That never happens, generally they hold big family gatherings and shoot off till morning. But there are other homes on the highway and they were certainly celebrating as loud as they could. It was just astounding to me watching their curiosity grow at every bang they heard.