Last week my mother and my younger brothers, Steve, 16, and Cully, 11, came up to Newburyport, MA to hang out with me. I figured the best place to spend some quality time was Plum Island, which is the nearest and nicest beach on the North Shore. This is how our afternoon went...
(keep in mind these are cell phone pictures)
So when we arrived at the beach, my mother spotted this written in the sand,
Mac,
My heart is broken
without you. I will
love you forever.
Mary
Not too far away were these roses placed in the water.
Cully of course wrote "POOP" in the sand in giant letters nearby.
After talking with my mom and Steve about the roses and the message in the sand. Steve mentioned that if you write something in the sand and the ocean washes it away, it won't bother you anymore. So I said, "I'll do it if you guys do it."
So I wrote what was bothering me...
Steve writing what was bothering him...
Mom writing what was bothering her...
Cully just ended up playing the sand instead...I guess nothing bothers you when you're 11 years old.
lucky...
Trying to throw a baseball and take a picture at the same time isn't as easy as it may sound.
Halt! Who goes there?
In conclusion, I'm going to miss these monkeys while I'm in California. I think one of the best things to come out of my trip to the west coast is that they will be able to visit a place they've never been before and Cully can have his first plane ride, all 8 hours of it. Anyway, here's a few songs that I feel described my week with my family.
Enjoy!
This Will Destroy You - Quiet from the album, Young Mountain
Great Northern - Home from the album, Trading Twilight For Daylight
