I am grateful that I decided to live on the upper Texas Coast...Several pretty beaches are within a few minutes of my home, by car...There is one special park, in particular, that has captured my heart..Mc Hale Park in Seabrook Texas..For several years I went to this beach to chase the sun..I would visit once or twice a week..Sometimes solo, sometimes with my dear friends..
With each new day, a different sunrise would reveal itself to me..Even if my feet were planted in exactly the same spot as the morning before..
One morning, with a cup of coffee in hand and a smile on my face, I drove to my happy spot as usual.. I quickly discovered that it was fenced off, no access to the beach..NO TRESPASSING signs everywhere..Efforts at finding out why the area was fenced off from the public were fruitless...
A couple of years have gone by since that day..I have had to accept that things were forever changed, that I no longer had this happy spot to retreat to..So I go to other beaches when the mood strikes me..
Living on or close to one's happy spot, away from the hustle and bustle of daily life, is a priceless blessing..I shall continue searching for my special place, a retreat that I consider to be close to home....A place that energizes and grounds me..
Photo Story by Lisa Comperry
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All photos are my original work.