I wish I could show the full picture because it’s the sweetest!
It rained early Tuesday morning and weather reported showers on and off all day, but Cocoa Beach looked overcast, but rain free, so we took a risk and went to the beach. The clouds were ominous but there was zero rain or thunder/lightening, so we played on the shore for 2 hours! The surf was rough so we couldn’t/wouldn’t wade out very far, but the water was incredibly warm and wonderful. Like bath water. We walked right in, with zero “chill” shock. It was unbelievable how warm it was, it was low tide so there were shells galore, the clouds kept the crowds away and we wished we had a whole week to just play on the beach. It was heavenly. I think the beach for me is what the mountains must be like for people from our west. Dipping in the ocean has a restoring property that satisfies and completes parts of me even when I was not feeling discontent or incomplete before stepping into the water. It is almost always a “wholly-holy” experience akin to what my Utah friends describe when they return to the wasatch front or catch a first glimpse of the Rockies.
We soaked it all in, played mini golf at the resort, Corbin and Soren made slime in the kids clubhouse (that one of the twins would later sneak out of bed at 1am and smear all over the sheets, walls, clothing, some towels, a chair and fall back asleep with it in her hair later in the week, and remind me why I keep slime as an “outside only” activity at home haha), and some of the kids went swimming with Aaron that night. Im already trying to figure out how to get back to the beach before spring break next year. That’s much too far away!
