I have a very vivid memory of walking along the beach, after dark, on Fenwick Island, with my high-school sweetheart, Jay, and hearing the infamous Genesis song "Home By The Sea" playing like a soundtrack for that moment in my life. I felt a longing, right then and there, to have a home, right on the seashore, where i could stare out at the ocean for hours, and feel its peace sweeping over my soul. Reality, being what it is, I haven't acquired that property yet, though I've spent hours in that dream since.

Fast forward 20 years, and I'm standing on the edge of the Chesapeake Bay, today, staring into the tide, seashells and driftwood at my feet, and I felt this amazing since of abundance- that I was home- by the sea, right inside myself- deliriously happy and content with the stage that my spirit is in right now- mom to three (soon-to-be four) children, married to a man that makes me laugh, surrounded by the wonders of God's creation and all his blessings.

Amen!