A sound rang out at the beginning of this month that instantly reminded me of my mind set a year before. July 1st, Canada Day fireworks. Hearing them this year reminded me of the inner alarms I’d felt alongside them exactly a year before. Last July began with uncontainable uncertainty. As coloured fire burst and crackled overhead, I was looking at the view before and behind me with spurts of explosive fear and doubt that spread across each memory. Memories seemed to link up i

A sound rang out at the beginning of this month that instantly reminded me of my mind set a year before. July 1st, Canada Day fireworks. Hearing them this year reminded me of the inner alarms I’d felt alongside them exactly a year before. Last July began with uncontainable uncertainty. As coloured fire burst and crackled overhead, I was looking at the view before and behind me with spurts of explosive fear and doubt that spread across each memory. Memories seemed to link up i