A Time For Firsts

There are certain things in life that you will never forget.

Taking a ferry ride with your family to see your grandparents.

Going fishing ... and then being told you would have to hold the fish up for the camera ... and then adamantly telling them you would do NO such thing ....


Finding out that you belong on a beach




Holding your new baby sister .... even though you have no idea why she is there


Chasing a lightening storm and catching it on camera

Going to a corn maze ... and jumping out of your skin when the mannequin at the end of the maze turns out to be a real person.

Shoving cake in your new husbands face ...

... then taking off in a dead run so he can't get you back

Watching dolphins chase you right beside your boat on a warm summers day.

And one of the things

that will stay with you the longest

Is the day that you go for a hike

and fall off of a cliff

That's the day you get your nose stitched

and your skull stapled

And the very first time you ever break a bone.

Luckily, it's your foot ... so you get to be a gimp on crutches

for the next 4 - 6 weeks.

Good going.