I Saw God today
Hey ya’ll … Amy here. Better late than never, I slept most of the day today, that’s what my brain thinks rainy Sundays are for. Anyway, my post is really about yesterday. My very close friends and I went to the beach. Yes in the middle of January. I am just that crazy of a beach lover. They were having the 147th anniversary re-enactment of the Battle of Fort Fisher (North Carolina) one of the last battles of the Civil War. Fort Fisher is what allowed the blockade runners to keep bringing supplies into the south during the war and it’s fall is one of the things that ultimately cost the South the war. It was very interesting and we learned a lot about the weaponry of that time and how people lived, etc. Ever since my husband started his second job, we have not spent much time together on the weekends and it makes me sad. Last year he and I went to this event together, just the two of us, so I was a little sad. But it’s a wonderful thing to have such close friends. My “ex” boyfriend from high school and his wife are my very very best friends and I love their children like my own, so it was really funny to go with them and see my favorite place on earth through their eyes. The three year old especially loved the firing of the muskets, while his mom wasn’t quite so sure!! lol I can’t wait to scrap the pages with my memories from yesterday. I want to tell the story of how Ron came back into my life, and how I met my bestie Melissa through him, I want to scrap the raw emotion I feel every time I see the ocean. I want to scrap the wonder in Chase’s eyes at the guns, and the tears on his cheeks when he fell down and scraped his chin. I want to scrap the memories of events that molded our nations history, for better or for worse. It’s amazing to me how many ways you can look at one day and think about what you want to take away from it and document so you will remember if forever. I’m glad I’m getting my camera out more and I’m gonna scrap more and 2012 is going to be the year of memory keeping for me once again!!
p.s. if you wonder about the title of my post, those are the words that came out of my mouth as we were walking back up to the car after I had danced and twirled on the sand with the kids, just like I was 8 years old myself. The ocean is a spiritual thing to me, I can never describe how it makes me feel and people sometimes look at me silly when they see how emotional I get over it, but i NEED it. I read somewhere that we have 90% salt water in our veins and I said I knew that I had the ocean in me!! 🙂 Till next time, sweet shoppers! I will close with a few pics of the day and maybe some of you can suggest some kits for me to scrap them with?
