Today, as I sit out on the back porch of my home, surrounded by fences and other homes, I think back to where I was six years ago-- Very very different place. I, and my sweet husband, we're sitting just feet away from the Atlantic Ocean. You could smell, taste, and feel the salt in the air. If you opened your window at night, which we did because we didn't have central air, you could hear the waves coming slowly in.
Before there was Jersey shore, we lived in the southern most tip of new jersey... Cape May! Home to... No one. Many famous people had homes in our small town but I never spotted a one (and I looked and sometimes stalked!!!). Population 2000 in the winter... 200,000 in the spring and summer!! We had a small small small grocery store, no chain restaurants, one gas station, and (gasp) NO WALMART!! It was quite the experience for this Texas girl!
I don't think I even remotely miss living there. So many not so good things happened in our lives during the two years we lived on the Jersey shore. But I do miss living so close to the ocean. I miss being able to think without the sounds of lawn mowers, airplanes, and humming AC units. I miss having my toes in sand instead of on concrete. I miss our 600 square foot house that seemed to hold everything we needed and never felt crowded..
Guess that's why they call them memories. Life now is amazing. But six years ago, I thought life was pretty amazing too. Wonder what I'll think six years from now?!?
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