We spent the evening sitting around a campfire on the beach with a bunch of our friends. The kids (of various ages 3-30) played in the water and we roasted hotdogs and smores over the fire. There was fun conversation and laughter all around. It was a great evening. We finally pulled up stakes well after the sun went down and the moon rose up over the water making shimmer like a sea of diamonds.
It was beautiful.
As we were driving home I was thinking about the evening and how much I enjoyed it. A realization hit me. More than any other place that I have lived as an adult I feel like I belong here. We are connected to a network of people who seem to actually like us and want to include us in their lives.
I know this isn't new, talking about actually having friends and the value of that, but the connections seem to be infecting our overall perspective of this area and I think I can say confidently now that we want to stay here. It has been a long time since I felt that way about a place. It's nice.
No deep thoughts for today I guess, except beach parties are fun.
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