collection of pieces

Tonight is the perfect night. I have no picture to go with this blog because there is no need for one.

I'm looking off the hard wood porch onto the most beautiful scene I have ever seen. The night is peaceful and the winds have died down. The only sound I hear is the crashing of the waves onto the tan sandy shore. Now the wind has picked up ...just enough to blow my hair back. I can see the lighthouse in front of me as it turns for the long lost ships coming home. The sky has shades of dark blue, burnt orange, with just enough pink to know the sun has disappeared, and the darkest of purples to line the bottom.

Being out here makes you peaceful, calm, and collected. It is so far from the busy day to day that it makes you let go of everything so you can enjoy what is. Something about the beach makes me rethink things in my life. It brings the pieces together to make one whole me.

This half of a week has made me realize so many amazing things about my life;

my mom is the MOST amazing person I have ever known. to think back to all of the things she has done for my brother and me ( from big to small) has amazed me.

my grandmother has been one of the most patient people in my life. she has watched me jump off the diving board 6896803652065 bagillion times in the same way but still always clapped and cheered. she was there playing solitaire all day upstairs on the computer just because I didn't want to play barbies up there alone. she made gingerale into champagne. the smell of coffee and bacon will always remind me of her house in the mornings when mom had to drop me off before work. Grits with a slice of cheese, and butter came from her...so much of me came from her...

Its random things like that I think about while watching waves at night. I collect my life... all the pieces it may be in, pray, and try to be a better collection of me.

Always & Forever,

Ann-Anise <3

p.s.-watching a sunset is VERY overrated... esp when your alone