After much debate, I decided that vacation was for relaxation and time with family, so the trusty laptop was given a rest as well! However, vacation is now behind me and I am back to reality...umm, wishing I was back sitting on the balcony of our 16th floor condo staring out at the ocean!

I was so excited to be going to Cherry Grove Beach this year. This beach is a part of my childhood and I anxiously awaited to take that stroll down Memory Lane! However, to my surprise, Memory Lane no longer exist and in its place now stands the present, the modern, the high rise hotels. Wow, was my first thought as I looked around me! Maybe it's good that Memory Lane is gone because I might have spent too much time in the past. With the more modernized beach, I can now make my own memories with my husband and child.....and someday my son will long to take a stroll down Memory Lane. I wonder what he will find?

I was not disappointed, even if my tone might sound like it might be. Our condo was on the 16th floor where nothing obstructed our view of the ocean. I sat on the balcony and would stare, hypnotized by the crashing waves and looking out as far as I could see....where the ocean meets the sky. I wonder how far that really is...have you ever wondered that? We spent several hours each day on the beach and as I sat in my chair with my book in hand....as I had planned for weeks, I found that it wasn't as easy to relax in that fashion as I had thought. The attraction that took my full attention was the laughter of my son and his cousin as they played in the ocean, riding the waves. I joined them! I was relaxed.....in a new fashion! It was good!

One morning I had some time alone, to sit on the balcony and look around at all the sights. I tried to visualize how things use to be when I was a child. Where the little motel use to be that my family stayed at when we would come for our week vacation.....this high rise we were staying in was built on a portion of that lot.........the Christina is now a part of the past. Oh well, Memory Lane might not exist for me at Cherry Grove Beach anymore, but after this weekend with my family and my inlaws and niece, maybe, just maybe we have started on a portion of our "own" Memory Lane. I'm smiling....Life is Good! ~~ Until Later