Do you remember that bursting sense of freedom and "anything is possibleness" that you would feel on a summer day as a child?
For me, I think of sea salt dried on my skin, saltwater clumping my dried hair together. Feeling tired, yet strengthened from a day in the sunshine...
Well, it was that kind of day yesterday (except I'm 40 now)...
The children had been in and out all day. Alternating sunshine with the shade of the fig tree. The temperature was just right. Hot enough to be summer, but not so hot that I wished for summer to be over. The sky was blue and fiiled us with possibilities. There was even a gentle breeze.
Inspired, we all jumped into the car and headed to the beach for fish and chips. By the time our order was ready (which is another wonderful story), it was nearly dark. Undeterred, we walked over, spread out our blanket and enjoyed dinner, smiling and chatting with the last glimpses of the day.
Then, there it was again... that feeling...
"Let's go in the sea!" I found myself saying.
"MUM!" they replied, "IT'S DARK!"
"Exactly.... let's go..."
And we did.
And I watched the thrill of young girls stretching their own boundary. Their own comfort zone.
Wonderful.
And, of equal importance....
... the thrill of building a sand castle in the darkness of night...
Here's to that feeling...
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