My Husband Forbade Us from Celebrating the 4th of July without Ever Saying Why, until Our Son Asked One Simple Question — Story of the Day
Every single year on the 4th of July, my husband Eli shuts everything down. No fireworks.No flags.No cookouts.Not even a single red, white, or blue napkin. It’s like the holiday doesn’t even exist in our house. He doesn’t explain why—he never has. And after years of him snapping at me every time I asked, I stopped trying to find out. But this year… something changed. It all started with one innocent question.A question from our sweet, curious two-year-old son at the dinner table. And from that moment on, everything I