I love the ocean and beach.  There is something about sinking my toes into the sand and just letting it go.  I grew up a fresh water girl from The Great Lake State but I have adapted over the past 20 years to love the salt water.  I miss the sound of a lake with the water lapping into the shore but there is something about the sound of the waves rolling in that I just love. 

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I live so close to the water and we spend lots of time there in the summer when we can but when it starts to cool down I go into hibernation and miss it.  So this week I decided when the work day was done and I had some time on my own it was down to the beach I was going.  I needed a little "me" time so I packed a little cooler, grabbed my favorite book, my camera and I was there with my toes in the sand.   

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I don't think enough of us (especially Moms) take that time to do what we love. I had the best time just people watching, waiting for the sun to go down kicking back and what a fitting chapter to be reading…

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It gave me the much needed time to just relax and I loved every minute of it. 

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Now back to my bliss……

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Good night sun……thank you for this blessed day.  I know just how fortunte I am to live in such a beautiful place. 

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This girl with deep Midwest roots loves the sea and the salt and every adventure she takes.

Tracy 

"I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder." ~C.K. Chesterton