ENJOY YOUR WALK AND KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN (February 28-March 28, 2023)

 

After our friends left Edisto Island, South Carolina, for Michigan, we settled into a familiar routine.  This quiet, peaceful location has been a regular spring stop for several years.  Time at the Wyndham Ocean Ridge Resort is spent enjoying beach walks and walks along the jungle-like walking/bike trail.  My hunting instincts are satisfied by, almost daily, photo safaris for white tail deer and bottle-nose dolphins.  Add to this some of the most amazing sunsets and the warmth of the South Carolina sun and you can easily see why we cherish our extended spring stay here.  With no "chain" restaurants, our culinary desires are satisfied by local eateries like; the Sea Cow, Whalley's, and Pressley's at the Marina.

A week-long visit with my daughter's family from Indiana was time well spent with special people in our lives.  Our two teenage granddaughters each brought a friend, and a great time was had by all. Now they have returned to the cold Midwest and we are on our own until the first part of May.

REFLECTIONS

My morning walks, down the beach, are not only for necessary exercise but are an intentional outing to seek out the elusive bottle neck dolphin that call the Atlantic Ocean, the St. Helena Sound, and the Big Bay River home.  These beautiful creatures bob their way through the water in search of a breakfast or lunch of the plentiful bait fish that frequent the area. They are not "fishing" for recreation.  They are "fishing" for survival.

As we walk through this life, it should never be simply because we must.  It should be a walk, an adventure, of intentionality.  It should be a journey keeping an eye out for an opportunity to find a group or individual who is endeavoring to find a way to survive.  

The goal of our life walk is not to capture a moment of time on film but, a chance to make a difference in someone's life. They are out there! Many times unseen but close. enjoy your walk but keep your eyes open.