I went out to the beach at 6:30 to watch the sun rise. Our Christmas present to ourselves this year was coming to live in the Outer Banks, so I considered this holiday sunrise a gift that I had to get out an enjoy. My mother had sent a few gifts to my post office box, including a pair of Capelli polka dot rain boots (with winter boot liners!) that I completely adore. I pulled on my boots, grabbed a bottle of egg nog and headed to the shore with Mike to accept what nature had to show us.
We saw nary a soul the entire time we were there. Sitting up on the dunes, we had an amazing view of all the activity below us: rolling waves, seagulls rising and falling in the sky over the water and sea grass meadows blowing in a pleasant, slow rhythm. Mike said, "This is an amazing and important moment." I am not sure what he was thinking about as it applied to himself, but I agreed.
It was an important moment.
I realize that I am very happy in this physical environment. The coastal winter, although unpredictable and windy, is everything I dreamed it would be. I have met valuable people in this community and I get to see a crucial part of nature that has always been in my heart. I have always been holding on to memories of this feeling, savored from a week's vacation I prioritized every year. I want to stay here and make this my home. I need to be here.
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