there are no lightening bugs in minnesota. we were on our drive home from nebraska and as the twilight was falling upon us i noticed the millions of lightening bugs all over. they were in the ditches on the side of the roads, in the corn fields that we passed, splatting on my windshield and leaving glowing streaks. i remember the days when i was little and we would catch them and pull out the light-up part and make rings out of blade of grass. little tiny glowing diamonds that were sticky and lost their glow after twenty minutes. i remember putting them in jars and being excited about my homemade lamp.
it made me miss nebraska. i want to watch fire flies at night in my backyard and feel at peace. and i want my kids to be able to chase them and be in awe of them just like i was. there is just something about lightening bugs that says summer.
