Chicken Soup for the Beach Lover's Soul by Jack Canfield

Author:Jack Canfield
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: ebook, book
ISBN: 978-1-4532-7543-6
Publisher: Chicken Soup for the Soul Publishing
Published: 2010-09-01T16:00:00+00:00

Eternal Love Affair

We do not remember days; we remember moments.

Cesare Pavese

Sand and the Albemarle Sound were the highlights of my summers. The topaz waters that seem to beckon one to swim and always capture your heart exist along the shore of the inner banks of the North Carolina coast. The Native Americans who lived near the waters and ate the grapes along the woodlands knew this land was special. And now I know it as well.

The Legion Beach of the Albemarle Sound knows me better than I know myself. For at the end of a tiring day, when I walk along her shores, she caresses my feet—but even more, she caresses my tired soul. The gentle wind seems to push me along as I walk out on the old wooden pier that extends a good distance into the water. I dangle my feet into the cool waters and listen as the seagull calls out to the wind.

And I am changed in this place—along the beach where I walked as a young girl. I gaze out at the waters where I water-skied at sixteen and smile as I remember the day I finally learned to let go of the rope when I fell. I smile as I remember all the times like Saturday night dances with sixties beach music. I laugh as I recall dancing the twist as the sounds of the music floated through the air.

I remember the young men who walked this shore who went on to Vietnam. They were so young—so full of life— how they loved this beach! One Saturday they were jumping off the pier swimming far out, and the next week they were sent to war. Three of them never returned home—but this beach owned by the Veterans of Foreign Wars remembers them.

The beach and I go way back; we have a friendship that I realize will always exist. I have changed ever so much, but our friendship has remained basically the same. Yes, the shoreline has eroded somewhat—and the pier has been rebuilt due to hurricanes a couple of times—but ah, my friend has managed to capture so many hearts and hold them forever. It always has been that way here at the Legion Beach.

Yesterday, I took my daughter, my granddaughter, grandson, and great-granddaughter down here. We stood on the pier and listened to the symphony of seagulls calling out to the wind the way they always do, and we watched as the topaz waters lapped against the wooden pier. I looked at them—caught up in the splendor—and I smiled once again. It was happening to them, too. They were falling in love with this place just as I knew they would.

My grandson splashed in the water as he and his sister enjoyed the day. Later, as we prepared to leave, I looked into the eyes of Kaylee, my great-granddaughter, and I whispered in her ear: “Darling Kaylee, someday you will come back here, and you will feel the love of all the generations before you—and you will feel the magic of this place as well.

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