Beautiful morning.

I woke up this morning and looked out at the Atlantic ocean, the waves washing up on shore with that wonderful crashing sound and the sea gulls soaring above the blue seas looking for some breakfast.   We are at Emerald Isle on the North Carolina coast.  Our daughter Jill and her family rented an ocean front condo for 4 days and asked us to join them, and we just couldn't disappoint the grandkids now could we.  The sunset last night was absolutely gorgeous, with an orange moon sitting high above the deep blue waters, against a fading pale blue sky.  Holly and I took a walk along the beach and marveled at all of God's beauty and grandeur.  Today should be lots of fun looking for shells, swimming and building sand castles.  I still don't do very well in the heat of the day and will probably stay indoors with the 4 month old, but everyone else will surely get lots more sun and sand today.  I was reading a blog the other day and the writer said "I truly believe that life is a gift.  As cancer survivors and patients we simply see it more clearly than many others".  Well said.

Emerald Isle at sunrise.