Memories of the heart

Memory makers on vacation
Remembering everything we needed and leaving at 5:00 a.m.
Making the trip from Ohio to Maine in 1 day - first time that has happened in more than a decade!  When you don't have diapers to change, it makes such a difference. 
Fitting in a smaller size summer clothes...sorry, I need to go clothes shopping, be back later!
Swimsuits everyday, ocean and pool
Getting help with sunscreen from youngest daughter and then having crazy sunburn from spots she missed.
Sunsets on the beach with the love of my life...what did I ever do to deserve a man like him?
Painting watercolors on the beach
Old friendships revitalized, new friendships kindled
No newspapers from home
Body surfing the perfect wave
Being a mermaid on the beach, buried in sand
Sand bocce
Finishing one knitting project and beginning another - new yarn!
All the clawmeat from the lobster in one movement - it was a thing of beauty!
Tickets for Boston Red Sox/Cleveland Indians game Monday night - close game Indians ahead through the 9th and a walk off homerun from the best in the game David Ortiz!  Whattagame!
Cookie Pizza
Four part harmony congregational singing - and not being the loudest voice
Holding hands with my 11 year old son, so inspired by the man he will be.
Soccer hair for the girls, no new hair style for five days
Everyone's blond highlights make my gorgeous brunetteness look even more out of place
Happy exhaustion at the end of each day
Blue ribbon at the Monmouth Fair for 32' 4" frying pan toss - a thing of beauty
Five U2 recordings from the library for the trip - like they were singing just for me
Two perfect parking spaces in lower Manhatten - and you thought they were extinct!
Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island visit with ferry ride to the islands
Empire State building visit and being scared to death by King Kong
The perfect New York hot dog
Yankees loss
School clothes for the whole gang
A fully loaded digital camera memory card, a smile on my face and a mountain of laundry - how do I let this happen to me everytime?  And the truth is in the cliche - there is no place like home.