This is a very recent photograph I took of my family on a sunset visit to our local beach here in Florida. I thought it perfect for this week’s Gallery/Writing Workshop combination blog post because just looking at it stirs up so many emotions for me.
I always feel a sense of calm and security when I’m near any body of water even this notoriously murky part of the Gulf. Its waves and its mirror-like reflections, its power and its very life are all truly infinite. Aaaah, the water. Let me just repeat that with emphasis. Aaaah, the water. It calls to me.
Bliss.
The beach. I’m automatically conjured back to childhood days of running up and down the beach chasing after my older brothers, squealing with the wind in my hair and sand between my toes. Or to days when I would watch my own boys squirm and giggle with delight at the very same feeling.
Rapture.
I have a love-hate relationship with sunshine. I love the sun, but I despise the heat and humidity it brings to this part of the world. So, while it makes me smile to see a bright, sunny day, I’m always a little sad at what it means we can’t do simply because it’s too hot.
Disenchantment.
Just like the song Mr. Blue Sky goes so too does my mantra whenever I see lovely shades of blue way above my head.
Hey there mister blue
We’re so pleased to be with you
Look around see what you do
Ev’rybody smiles at you
Serenity.
And, my men.
My boyz.
My nucleus.
My family.
One of them has my heart and the other three are pieces of my heart walking around beside me.
And,
they
are
my
life.
Love.
Tags: emotions, Family, life, Meme, photo, Thoughts, workshop, writing
the ocean side calls me, I can’t even swim, but there is something so calming about sitting in the sand or walking on the shore. I can’t get that feeling anywhere else. Not even my fisherprice Aquarium can duplicate it.
I live by the lake and have a beach, but there’s still something so very special to me about the ocean. I understand.
I really enjoyed the way you spoke about your hubs and boys. Wonderful!
Lovely post! And lovely photo!
I love the sun too, but wilt like a flower, which is so frustrating!!
Maggy
So true, the water calms me too for some reason. Is that Honeymoon Island? We’ve been going once or twice a month. Fingers crossed that stupid oil spill doesn’t ruin that beautiful place.
Oh the sea, the sea…I am so drawn to water! Lovely post, lovely photo. I particularly like the way you have written about Serenity, gorgeous!
I love the Gulf too. My parents are in Sarasota and before that my grandparents so I am very familiar with that part of the world. I spent so many days of my childhood there and always love going back. It is so wonderful for me that my hubby and children love going there too. You are so lucky to have it be local. There is nothing like being close to the sea.
“One of them has my heart and the other three are pieces of my heart walking around beside me” that is lovely, a great way to describe a family
Jen
Lovely Post – I live right near the beach and I love to watch the sea and hear the waves.
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