Just sitting here on the beach.... in South Carolina.. I mean... it's really different... not our norm one might even say...   :)

The old fella doesn't even care that it's 58 degrees and he is wearing a jacket... it's Surfside Beach!!!... and it's South Carolina... and it was 21 degrees when we left Vermont!

Now I am sitting here... my back is pressed into a wall of sand created at high tide from the relentless waves... hmmm... what did it take to form this 18" wall I wonder....how many times has the sand been pressed  to its limit...?

I am suddenly musing  away about walls of sand... beach stretching as far as the eye can see.. and waves crashing into the shore... one after another after yet another...and then endless skyline... where does the water begin where does it end...musing... musing...

And all the while....  Ellen and Carla and Steve are becoming smaller and smaller as they walk further and further away down the beach... the sand has become my "recliner"  in my new beachfront living room... bringing to mind one of those expensive foam  mattresses that just seems to adapt itself to your body...supporting everything that needs supporting... come on Philip... don't fall asleep on me...    :)

There is nothing out there but ocean... endless ocean ... and I think .... wow...that's just like  my Father... no beginning... no end.. everything out there.... is just... Him... it is totally God... the endless ocean... sending wave after wave crashing relentlessly  against my shore... the sands  of my life... forming me into a wall... a comfortable  wall for others to rest against ... to be supported and comforted by... during their journey...

And off I go... musing away  about all the implications that holds for me.... hmmmm... suddenly I am jolted back to my surroundings with the return of Ellen and the kids... wow...

I think I am really going to enjoy this vacation.

:)