home again, home again
We are home…and finally acclimated back to normal life again. This past week was, for the most part, an exhausting trip. It was exhausting physically and mentally and most of all emotionally. We felt like outcasts for most of the trip, finding solace in each others company. My heart broke for my husband over and over again and within 24 hours of arrival we were counting down the time to our home flight.
I did however get to feel the sand between my toes and have the ocean water lap at my legs, I fell in love this past week – I fell in love with the ocean. It was so calming and soothing, washing away so many cares and worries with each roar into the shore. I was amazed at how I would walk early in the morning and then we would walk again after high tide and find a completely different beach waiting for us. The water transformed the beaches each minute into something new, it is never the same. One morning I went out in the misty rain and as I was standing and watching out over the waves, water rushed onto the beach and brought a large conch shell right to me. It was amazing…we got to eat freshly steamed crabs, on the deck, in the cool night air with the butter and juices running down our faces and arms…we met my brother-in-law’s family who were exceptionally nice and hospitable…we discovered some amazing historical towns south of Raleigh with amazing churches and homes from the late 1700’s…we played and swam in the ocean…we ate Ben and Jerry’s ice cream from a B&J store…we saw sea otters at the aquarium and I named them Emmett and Emma Otter…we learned how far we could push ourselves into exhaustion by cleaning up the entire wedding and we learned that 50 people can indeed devour 15 large bottles of champagne in just under two hours…
I am glad to be home but I am so glad that I got to experience the ocean – writers have written about it for years and I never understood the draw but since standing on her shores, I understand the pull and fascination. It is a living and breathing being, so strong and unpredictable, yet so beautiful and calming. That was, in itself, the best part of the trip!
I did however get to feel the sand between my toes and have the ocean water lap at my legs, I fell in love this past week – I fell in love with the ocean. It was so calming and soothing, washing away so many cares and worries with each roar into the shore. I was amazed at how I would walk early in the morning and then we would walk again after high tide and find a completely different beach waiting for us. The water transformed the beaches each minute into something new, it is never the same. One morning I went out in the misty rain and as I was standing and watching out over the waves, water rushed onto the beach and brought a large conch shell right to me. It was amazing…we got to eat freshly steamed crabs, on the deck, in the cool night air with the butter and juices running down our faces and arms…we met my brother-in-law’s family who were exceptionally nice and hospitable…we discovered some amazing historical towns south of Raleigh with amazing churches and homes from the late 1700’s…we played and swam in the ocean…we ate Ben and Jerry’s ice cream from a B&J store…we saw sea otters at the aquarium and I named them Emmett and Emma Otter…we learned how far we could push ourselves into exhaustion by cleaning up the entire wedding and we learned that 50 people can indeed devour 15 large bottles of champagne in just under two hours…
I am glad to be home but I am so glad that I got to experience the ocean – writers have written about it for years and I never understood the draw but since standing on her shores, I understand the pull and fascination. It is a living and breathing being, so strong and unpredictable, yet so beautiful and calming. That was, in itself, the best part of the trip!
posted by Anna at
8:43 PM
1 Comments:
I miss the waves. I must go soon.
Thank you for adding motivation for me to return to MD soon, to have some fresh shrimp and walk a beach and boardwalk.
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