A special place...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfwP04HrBJY

Wanted to share this link to a YouTube video...it's just about 2 minutes long. It's a special place to me...and to our family - Wrightsville Beach, NC. Take a minute or two to understand why this beautiful place created by God is a place I call "home" (or my "home away from home").

As a child, this is where I grew up "vacationing" - learning to swim, changing my bathing suit every time sand got in the lining, listening to the seagulls float above me trying to dive in on my 1/2 eaten sandwich, building sand castles and crab holes, getting knocked down by "big" waves, not understanding the adult idea of "getting hot before jumping right into the cold (actually warm) water", dotting the shore with dozens of beach chairs (each accounting for one member of my family), not being afraid of sharks, skinny dipping (I was very young!) by the moonlight, smelling the sweet/salty air, riding on a boat above the waves, enjoying quiet beach nights when the waves were all you could hear, and so much more (including the hurricane(s) that washed away our house)...making memories that will last my lifetime!

MY family (Jack, Sarah Grace, Daisy, and me) has also enjoyed many wonderful times on this very beach...before we were married, Jack and I took walks on this soft sand and shared stories and secrets...felt the warm sun tan our skin and make the water glisten and sparkle...this is where we got married (best day of our lives other than SG's birth)...numerous pictures have been taken here with friends and family...we've played in the warm waters of it's calm waves with our infant first born daughter, it was the first beach Sarah Grace wiggled her toes in....we've experienced wreck dives from down under (Jack and I have been SCUBA diving off shore)...we hope to create many more memories and luckily it's just a little over 2 hours away from our "home"!

Although I am a creature of habit and do not like things/people to "change" - this beach (and it's memories) is one thing that is ever changing and it's magnificent - and it gets better as it changes!

Enjoy!
CRC