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Wave Therapy After a very stressful week, all I wanted to do was sit on the beach. I needed a place to forget my problems and just relax. As I eased back into my beach chair, my troubles were swept away with every crashing wave. The warm sun relaxed my muscles and the sound of the ocean lulled me into a dream-like state. Oh those wonderful waves! They call my name and tell me that everything will be alright. Watching such a powerful force of nature puts everything into perspective. Waves have been crashing for millions of years. I’ve only been watching them ������������������������������������������������������������������ blink of the eye! My past is stored in those waves. All I have to do is sit on the sand and my memories come �������������������������������������������������������� a home movie, I see my kids playing on the beach and the baby napping under the umbrella as if it were yesterday. Reaching further into the past, I see my ������������������������������������������������������������������������ moonlit night. And then there was the time my cousin saved me from a rip current. He was my hero. I couldn’t swim to shore and he heard me calling him. I felt so safe when he swam out to rescue me. My thoughts wandered to the memories I shared with friends and family about how the beach brought us all closer together. Some of them are no longer with us so I treasure those memories. My fondest memories are the simplest ones. Just picturing my aunts and uncles at the age I am now and my cousins when we were all kids helps me remember all the laughter. I found myself smiling. My problems had drifted away. ������������������������������������������������������������������


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