EXPRESS FEARS IN WRITING

Moms, the next time you feel like you're the only person on Earth awake at 2 a.m. sweating bullets about your kids' future, you're not alone. Proof: the discussion board on www.HawaiiMoms.com, where moms talk story at every hour of the day and night. In one thread, moms are describing how they constantly wring their hands over what would happen to the kids in the event of catastrophe. Diane Ashton writes in the General Parenting forum: Isn't that one of our biggest, scariest fears?! ... A thought like that at nighttime haunts my feelings all through the night, asleep or not. ... One of my teachers at UH-West O'ahu ... said to write a worry list every night before bedtime, so your brain can relax knowing you won't forget about your concern. Seems to work for me, sometimes.

HAPPENING

FIREWORKS, MUSIC AT ALOHA TOWER

Because one day of pyro-technics just isn't enough, Aloha Tower Marketplace hosts a free 3rd of July Fireworks Extravaganza. Take in a fashion show or see Brittni Paiva on stage, and kids can get their face and hair painted. It all starts at 5 p.m., with the fireworks going off at 9 p.m. tonight. For information: 566-2337, www.alohatower.com.

FINAL WORD

"They played a Jedi mind trick on me and said, 'You're getting older and shouldn't do your own stunts,' so of course I did my own stunts."