The Family Beach Vacation Was About:

* Eating food that tasted good.
* Swimming in water that was the color of my eyes
* Remembering how good it feels to be surrounded by family.
* Remembering how suffocating it feels to be surrounded by family.
* The shell squat.
* The beach drink.
* Egyptian Rat Screw.
* Watching manatee have sex.
* Getting burned.
* Peeling.
* Being very hot.
* Feeling very hot.
* Watching a grown man murder a beach umbrella.
* Appreciating my brother.
* Being extremely annoyed by my brother.
* Dreaming.
* Blankets.
* Real estate magazines.
* The 'phone booth'.
* Preparing for a transition.
* Missing music.
* 'got my vans on but they look like sneakers.'
* Wanting never to leave.
* Wanting to come back.
* Coffee at 9 with the counsel of elders.
* Learning Kayak tricks.
* Being the teenager I wasn't ten years ago.
* Patience.
* Hope.
* SPF 15.
* Cruises with dad.
* 16 flips in one breath.
* Five novels in two weeks.
* Fun.
* Nancy and JS's Anniversay Lunch.
* Recovery.
* The twelve days of Manatee Christmas.
* Ziploc bags.