A Short Getaway

Sometimes, you just need to get away. After 3+ months of fretting about tornado recovery and rebuilding concerns, I took the family away for a long weekend to Hilton Head Island. Admittedly, two 9-hour travel days gave it a rushed feel, but the two days in between were nice. We had good weather, good company, and overall a good time.

I know I've said this before, but there is something about the water that soothes me. Granted, I prefer a lakeside experience rather than the ocean surf variety, but it still brings a momentary peace that few other venues can do for me. Maybe someday I'll have the fortune to spend my retirement in a house on the lake, private dock, a skiff for fishing and maybe a canoe. I almost ache for that day.

I don't typically make a habit of putting pictures of my family online, but for this post, I'll make an exception. The photo below was taken outside Hudson's while we were waiting for a table. For whatever reason, there is something in this captured moment that goes beyond the surface, beyond the obvious. I don't have words for it, and perhaps that's the point. It tugs at me nonetheless.

I know the real world awaits - indeed it is banging on my door even now. But part of me remains, or longs to be, where the boy below appears to be now. If only captured moments could be as timeless as they appear to be in our pictures.