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    Blinded by a firework

    Dec 21, 2023 3 minutes

    Jessica was looking forward to seeing the girls hopped off in the new year with friends when an accident changed everything

    Jessica Carroll, 34

    Excitement fizzed through me as I took a seat in one of my garden chairs, gearing up for the best part of any New Year’s Eve party – the fireworks.

    I’d always loved New Year’s Eve. Celebrating with family, friends and food always made me happy, and fireworks exploding into bright bursts of colour across the sky were the perfect way to see in the new year.

    It was December 31, 2017, and

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