Independence Day special for new residents
Independence Day is extra special for my family this year as it marks our first holiday in the city of Lubbock. It also brings back memories of another Independence Day two decades back when my family and I had just come to the United States. I was only a little girl then, and I remember spending the day playing with my cousins, eating a barbecued meal my dad and uncles had prepared on the grill in the backyard, and at night, watching the fireworks light up the sky at a nearby park.