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WHY WE KEEP COMING BACK
We love walking along the beach in the morning…
as another day unfolds…
as the sun slides across the land
turning dark sand into gold.
It’s a special time of day…gazing out at the ocean deep…
watching nature awaken form her nocturnal sleep
We’re early enough so ours
are the first human footprints left upon the shore…
but not as early as the birds…
who have left their footprints here before.
We love the feeling of two people walking as one
enjoying moments without words…
where the silence is broken only
by the crashing waves and the singing of the birds.
On our latest morning walk along the shore
we came across something we’ve never seen
in all our walks along this beach before….
As we slowly made our way…
between the ocean and the dunes…
in front of us…illuminated by the sun were round jellyfish
that get their name from their resemblance to the moon.
So, to the dolphins, pelicans, sea gull and egrets we always see
this morning we welcomed the moon jellyfish into our memory.
A walk together along the beach is always beautiful…
as the day begins to break…
because not only does it change every time we visit….
but with every step we take…..
Reminding us when it comes to surprises and wonders …
nature does not lack…
And it is precisely these ever-changing surprises and wonders…
courtesy of nature……that keeps us coming back.
