My Wonderful experience of the beach

The sun is gleaming as I sit on the beach with my family, there 11

are nine of us sitting here happy in this beautiful spot we have 22

chosen for a picnic lunch. The paper plates are empty having been 33

attacked by our ravenous appetites and there is no washing up so 44

while the rest of the family are lying back digesting thier 55

food a warm feeling came over me and it built into 66

almost a compulsion to walk to the other side of the long strech 77

of white sands that lie straight ahead, to look at the jetty that 88

seems to travel right into the ocean and get eaten up by the soft 99

white clouds that are hovering right above it. 1010

I nod to my family and slowly walk as if being drawn by a 1111

magnectic force feeling the hot sand between my toes as I become 1212

aware of my heart pounding excitedly as I quicken my pace. 1313

My emotions are all over the place, one minute I feel like a child 1414

as I skip happily and splash the water with my feet remembering 1515

similar though not so warm experiences as a child back home in 1616

Scotland and then as I look up and out to the sea that lies in 1717

front of me its as though my mind can hardly take in the expanse 1818

of the great ocean as I walk on its edge realising for the first 1919

time how small I am compared to it and I find myself crying as if 2020

my heart is breaking. There are memories from the past, some from2121

my childhood days come up at me like pictures on a movie screen 2222

and I cant believe how much those happy happy memories hurt me and 2323

pull at my heart. 2424

I cry into the sea breaze and it catches at my breath. 2525

The tears clear from my eyes and I see that I have come further 2626

than I realised and there in front of me is the jetty and for a 2727

moment I feel panic rise in me as I look back to where my family 2828

are sitting and at first I cant see them but as I strain my 2929

eyes I see my two daughters waving and the panic disapears. 3030

I turn once more to the jetty and I see how beautiful it is 3131

with the sun streaming accross the wooden strips and the 3232

fishermans baskets hanging below each side of the 3333

long wooden handrails.3434

I climb up the steps leading up to the 3535

jetty and sitting on the top step I gaze at the wonderful site 3636

that lies ahead the changing colours of the waters turning from 3737

green to pale blue and then a deeper shade of blue and I find 3838

myself feeling a new sense of calm as time seems to stand 3939

still in this beautiful haven. 4040

I look at my watch and I have been away for nearly an hour so 4141

I wave to my family and head back along the beach to meet them 4242

feeling tired but happy after my emotional encounter with nature4343

My girls ran to meet me and right away asked why I had been 4444

crying but how do I explain something like that? Best not to so I 4545

said simply Dont worry this is what happens to me when I come to 4646

the mysterious beautiful beach and I love it. 4747