Tag: beach

Ocean

She came to the ocean to pray.  To walk on the cool, damp sand and feel its grit between her toes.  She came to feel the wind touch her face. Anywhere else it would be a blast of cold and bitter air, blowing through her and taking with it the last bit of hope, desire,…

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Are we there yet?

The beach: I’ve dreamed about it for almost a year now, ever since we left it last September. The last month has been, and I normally don’t just throw this word around, stressful. As you may have read in a earlier post, we’re moving in ten days. Most people have moved at some point in…

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Vacation Confessions and Contradictions

I’m in the middle of a long-overdue two-week vacation and I have some confessions to make. It’s completely possible that many things I believed to be true about myself are just not quite accurate. I was born in the tropics and lived there until I was 21. Since moving to Virginia I have enjoyed the…

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