i remember vividly the first time i saw the atlantic. my parents had taken us on vacation to the delmarva penninsula, and then we proceeded to drive on to the outer banks of north carolina.
spanning between the southern most tip of the delmarva and the northeastern coastline of virginia, there is a huge bridge/tunnel which marks the meeting place of the chesapeake bay and the atlantic ocean. that was when i first fell in love...
i've had various crushes throughout my younger days, on movie stars, rock stars and classmates... but, i didn't know what it was to be in love until i saw the atlantic.
upon my first vision of the atlantic, along with my heart pounding in my chest and my first full breath of the clean salt air... i had decided that someday, i will live on a beach.
when we arrived at the outer banks that summer, i spent hours and hours staring out at the vast expanse of blue-green, to where it met the azure of the sky. i felt each wave roll over me, as i listened to the surf and watched its ebb and tide.
and, my most favourite time was watching the sunset and the sky darken from orange-red to purple-black, and then watching the horizon disappear... and the ocean just went on and on, forever.
i feel i draw a lot of power from the ocean. and sadly, it's been way too long since i last recharged there... about 8 years, i think.
a lot of things have happened to me in the past eight years. some were pretty horrible, but mostly, these have been some of the best years of my life.
tomorrow, i'll have the chance to share my first love with the two people i love most in this world, my husband and my daughter. neither one of them has ever seen the atlantic before, and i'm so happy to be introducing them...
and, i chose these days in particular to go on this trip because, the full moon is on sunday. and, i adore the full moon, almost as much as i love the atlantic.
Posted by lara at July 12, 2000 04:24 PM