Home

I got to go home. Home to the sea.

 

 

 

When I was a little girl my parents ran a boat rental at Chena Lakes.

We lived in a little camper on the lake and during the summer I could usually be found running around in my ever so fashionable Little Mermaid life jacket.

 

Maybe that's why being near the sea feels like going home for me.

Maybe its why the closer I get to the water the more clear my mind gets.

Maybe I've watched The Little Mermaid one too many times but every time I go I feel like I could walk into those waves and just keep walking forever.

 

 

 

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I don't miss the irony of the fact that I married a man who hates the beach.

I don't understand it.

But, I also haven't learned to equate sand with war.

I'm also not a fair skinned red head, so I deal with his discontent when we go.
Sometimes I just know that I need to go.

So I booked a hotel room and begged for forgiveness later.
Not really, he is used to me being completely impulsive and just thinks I'm nuts.
We drove five hours to spend one hour near the ocean.
Completely worth it.

 

 

 

Somebody once told me that home is where you feel the closest to God.

For me, that used to be a church.

Now, its here.

 

 

 

 

I hear the waves rush against the shore and know that He is in the midst of this chaos of life.

Being here is like being free.

I can't explain what it is, but when I'm near the water I'm exactly who I need to be.

Exactly who I need to be, right where I need to be.

Not striving to be better or to look differently or to learn more.

 

Just there.

Peaceful.

Joyful.

 

 

 

Maybe the best part was seeing my own children enjoy it like I have.

 

 

As a graduation gift I was given a book called, Gift From The Sea, by Anne Morrow Lindbergh.

It reads in part,

"The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient.

To dig for treasures shows not only impatience and greed, but lack of faith.

 Patience, patience, patience, is what the sea teaches. Patience and faith.

One should lie empty, open choiceless as a beach--waiting for a gift from the sea."

 

 

I think we all have a place that makes us feel that we're exactly where we need to be.

Remember to take time to go there.