Saturday, January 10, 2009
Holden Beach
It was around noon when we finally pulled up to our beach house in North Carolina. The sun is at it's highest point, and the sky is the bluest of all blues. There are fifteen of us, ranging in ages from 4-60. As we all pile out of our vans, we don't even think twice about unloading yet. First things first. We slide off our sandals and head straight for the beach. We all walk out together, stopping only for a second on our big wooden patio, just so we can soak it all in. Then all at once, we head down the steps and race for the water's edge. The sand is hot beneath our feet, but we know once we reach the cool, blue water it'll be worth it. This instance relates a lot to how our family is. Its like as soon as times get too hard to handle, like the scorching sand beneath our feet, we find each other and everything cools off, just like when we reach to ocean. It's at this moment- along with many others, but this one in particular- I realize how lucky I really am. I have a wonderful, happy, healthy, close family, with whom I know I can get through anything. It's here, every year at Holden Beach, that we all unite on a level that most may never experience. It's here that everything comes together, and everything begins to make sense once again. This is the place I will carry with me for the rest of my life. It's the place where the surf meets the sand, and the place where I'm reminded that family really is forever.
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This passage is really good, and gives me a good sence of who you are. I know if was hard to try to get everything in here in such a short time, but i would have like to see more description in here. Like how did the sand feel on the bottom of your feet, and when you reached the water, what did it feel like when it washed over you for the first time, stuff like that.
ReplyDeleteBut i really liked it and it sounds like it was fun! I also like how you tied in the feeling of family, and that these vacations you really will remember forever.
This is a really great image in your life, especially since the theme for our class is family. There is a lot to describe so maybe you should focus more on specific things. For instance, you could relate the warmth and comfort of the sand on your feet to the feeling you get when your family is all together. Or you could talk about the process of building a sand castle and how you all work together to create it and compare that to the foundation of a family and the effort you all must put in to make it work.
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