In Awe
Well, my very first trip to the ocean left me in awe. It was the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen. It made me want to cry when I first saw it. I went around grinning like a five year old on Christmas morning. It was just so beautiful. I could have spent the entire trip there. I already want to go back. Kyra loved it, too. She called it the “pool”. She and I had a ball picking up shells. She enjoyed chasing the seagulls, as well. Elijah didn’t like it too much. He was afraid of the noise that the waves made. He did eventually get to where he liked playing in the sand, though. We had so much fun. It was fun seeing Kyra’s excitement at seeing it for the first time, but, honestly, I think I was more in wonder of it than she was. She thought it was great, but she’s only two. She sees things for the first time on almost a daily basis, and, while she was properly impressed, I was in awe. I can’t describe how it made me feel. It was just so awesome. The weather was so beautiful, and we even got to get in the water…in November! The sunset that I saw…left me speechless. All in all, it was the most moving and enjoyable thing I think I’ve ever seen. I loved experiencing it for the first time with my little brothers and my kids. It was well worth a twenty-one year wait.
