7/5/21 Monday
4th of July, island style. All the locals head to the beach, fire up the BBQ grills, turn up their radios and blow stuff up. Fireworks are big, loud and beautiful and this day is always a highlight of summer. Seeing my son happy makes me happy, and spinning around together at midnight on the beach with sparklers turned out to be the most fun of the entire evening. It’s a reminder that moments of pure happiness are still out there, but now they are more meaningful and fully appreciated. Wishing everyone out there some unexpected moments of brightness in your own lives..
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Author: Rainey
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What started out as chicken scratch notes on the back pages of my boat’s logbook has now grown into a blog. These words and images help me cope with a loved one struggling with mental illness, and they help guide me through divorce, and the process of moving on.
Thanks for reading along as I learn about life the hard way, do the best I can for my son in my new role as a single dad, and find weird similarities between restoring an old blue water sailboat and putting the pieces of my own life back together.
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Hi Rainey! Sounds like it was lovely and I’m so glad to see you post again. I hope all is well with you! Happy belated 4th! 🙂
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Thank you, hope you’re having a good summer so far. It’s fun to post again and to catch up with yours!
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I am having a good summer, thanks! I hope you are too…I enjoy catching up so keep posting!
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Will do, thanks for the encouragement. 🙂
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Sounds great – I’m glad you had such a good time and I love this photo. 🙂 We enjoyed the small-town spirit of the Anacortes Fourth of July parade earlier in the day. 🙂
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Very cool, glad places are starting to open up and people are able to enjoy some of life’s simple pleasures again. Sounds like you had a good 4th.
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