Making Beach Memories ���� BeachLife.online Family time is the best time. There is something special about setting up your special beach spot. I love to watch families picking their spot. Some stake out a space by the lifeguard stand, some close to the beach yet others love the soft, hot sand close to the dunes. First things first! Drop everything and pick out the spot for the umbrella. The shelter from the sun. Home base! Once the umbrella is firmly planted into the sand, chair arrangement begins. One chair in the sun and one in the shade. Next the blanket. Gently placed so there is no sand on it. Ha ha.. that lasts about three seconds! Next, beach bag and cooler. There, all set to sit. Smile and sit, look to the left and then to the right. It is surreal. Muscles relax when you accept that you are indeed on vacation. A full year slipped by. Work, winter and holidays all behind you. Let your mind wander. You are free as the gulls above you. You are also with your favorite people. Your family that you barely get to see all year are now sitting right next to you. If your are really lucky, your extended family vacations with you. I was so lucky as a kid. My family and aunts, uncles and cousins all vacationed together. We all went to the beach together, ate together, and played. Us cousins bonded for life. We all felt loved. Years pass and children grow. But our memories are strong. When summer rolls around, old memories flood into the present. We become time travelers. Driving over the bridge you can feel the rhythm of the waves and harmony of the gently flow of wind. Sounds of beach are powerful. They can change moods and release tension, Children laughing bonds us to life. They show us the reason we are on this earth. We are here to grow. Not a minute goes by that we are not learning and experiencing life. This is it! This is what matters. Family is everything. We are on earth for an extremely short amount of time. Our kids are “kids” for only a blink of the eye. Time passes so quickly. Tides of life are cyclical. Baby, child, teen, adult, older adult and oldest adult. I watched my family for over sixty years now. When we were kids, we played, then we all got married and had babies, then our kids all got married. Now our kids are having babies and my cousins are all grandparents. Now we watch our grandchildren on the beach. Picking their perfect spot. -Lisa
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