Wuta ba bisa ka'ida ba ne a Illinois amma ba a Indiana ba, wanda ke yin kasuwancin tsakanin jihohi da yawa. Har ila yau, yana haifar da wani sabon al'amari wanda ya saba wa duk wanda aka tilasta masa yin tafiya a cikin manyan hanyoyin da ke kewayen Chicago: allunan tallan tallace-tallace marasa tsayawa da ke tallata Krazy Kaplans Fireworks. Alamun suna da ɗaruruwa, wani lokaci ana shuka su kusa da juna har za ku iya ganin rabin dozin a lokaci guda. Ba shi da wuya a gane lokacin da ranar 'yancin kai ke tafe.
Wasu ’yan’uwa suna da ra’ayi da ya bambanta game da ranar huɗu ga Yuli. Babban taron shekara-shekara yana yawan faɗuwa a lokacin hutu, kuma ba sabon abu ba ne a ji wani yana ba'a, "Shin yana da kyau mu je kallon wasan wuta?" Yawancin lokaci ba tambaya ce mai mahimmanci ba, amma tana tunatar da mu rashin jin daɗin tarihin mu tare da nunin kishin ƙasa da yaƙi. Yana kira da hankali ga tashin hankali tsakanin kyawawan al'umman gargajiya na bikin da kuma ɗaukaka "bama-bamai masu fashewa a iska."
Ban yi tsammanin jin wannan tambayar ba a bana, tun lokacin da taron shekara-shekara ya ƙare a ranar 2 ga Yuli. Amma Grand Rapids ya ba mu mamaki ta hanyar yin bikin Hudu na Yuli a ranar farko ga Yuli, mai yiwuwa saboda Asabar ta fi dacewa da bikin cikin gari fiye da Talata. Fitilar fitilu da hayaniya sun fara farawa tun da farko, lokacin da ma'aikatan jirgin da ke jika rufin cibiyar taron ba da gangan ba suka kashe ƙararrawar wuta - wanda ya haifar da wasu abubuwan wasan kwaikwayo masu ban mamaki a lokacin wa'azin yamma na Donna Ritchey Martin.
Washegari, bayan taron shekara-shekara, na gamu da da yawa daga cikin shugabanni daga Ekklesiyar Yan'uwa a Nigeria (EYN—Cocin of the Brothers in Nigeria) a Song and Story Fest, da aka yi ba da nisa da Grand Rapids a Camp Brethren Heights. Markus Gamache ya gaya mana cewa ba zai iya zama a waje don nuna wasan wuta ba—hakika, ya kasa barci a daren. Sautin ya tuna masa da hare-haren Boko Haram. Ya kasa daina tunanin taron mata da yara da ya ajiye a gidansa, da yadda za su ruga dazuzzuka idan suka ji wani abu kamar harbin bindiga. Rikicin mota zai sanya sojoji cikin shiri sosai, in ji shi.
Wataƙila ba za mu so mu daina sha’awar wasan wuta ba, amma za mu iya tuna wannan: cewa samun damar jin daɗin wasan kwaikwayon yana nufin cewa ba mu zama shaidun yaƙi ba. Don haka za mu iya cika da godiya, tausayi, da jajircewa wajen kawo ƙarshen abubuwa masu mutuwa da ke fashe a sararin samaniya.
Wendy McFadden shi ne mawallafin jaridar Brotheran jarida da Sadarwa na Cocin Brothers.