Things accumulate--tangibles and intangibles, so gradually, we don't notice. If the things that can be seen with the eye can accumlate without being noticed, what about the more important things that the naked eye cannot detect?

Can fireworks parallel a much more significant issue about theirs and our existence?

We are modern now, though everyone throughout time could have said that. Still, we revolve differently even more so these days; relate to each other in continuing new ways. We are advancing in certain aspects, but in others, are we digressing?

How much would a person of the past understand of the dialogue we speak today if we conversed about the common things we have and do? Especially if their lifetimes did not overlap or touch.

Remember me? I used to write you letters many years ago, listing what I wanted from Christmas: tangibles like toys and games, mostly. But with age, my list has become much different now.

All I wanted was a nice, quiet experience of watching a few stars tumble through the sky during the expected meteor shower. How could things go so awry?

Years after they were written, I, as a snooping child, found her old love letters penned by a soldier in World War II, yet she had never married. Now she had died at age 95 and I, as an adult, had the chance to finish reading them to answer years of questions. (True story)

How could simple weeds and flowers parallel our lives? Yet they can if we think about it.

Some think it would be nice to see into the future. But there might be reasons it's not the best idea...