QUOTE : But the best thing about our house~<br />is that it's a three-minute walk from the beach.<br />Which isn't always lucky when the water rises,<br />but it has saved my life on the many days when I need a reminder the world is bigger<br />than the one I know, & its currents are always moving;<br /><br />when I need a reminder<br />there is a life for me beyond the water<br />& that one day I will not be left behind.