SEASHELLS BY THE SEASHORE

I visited the Gulf today for the first time in ohhhh 2 or 3 months. Since the hurricane, I have been to the beach only twice and it only left me dismal and confounded seeing the aftermath of Ivan. Slowly things are being rebuilt and reconstructed. Although today, my focus or emphasis was on the water itself. Unable to capture it’s beauty with my camera, I left with wonderment at how it could still look so luminous and clear. As if untouched when everything else around it is still a catastrophe. I brought along my niece who visited the ocean for the first time and was perplexed at the sand between her toes and being washed away by the shore. If only I could still experience things with that awe and bewilderment. Eeewwing at the cold water rushing by our feet, chasing seagulls, catching seashells, and laughs. The ocean washed everything else away. I think I would be a really good mom, but I'm cool with being a really good aunt.