July 22, 2025: The Best Kind

A perfect day.

For our family, it often starts with a boat. Captained by Luke, ours launched today from Southport and glided down the Intracoastal Waterway past fishing piers and wild marsh grass. 

About an hour in, we dropped anchor at a quiet beach and jumped in, bobbing in the water while talking and laughing. We then cruised forward and moored at a marina restaurant for seafood and burgers. 

On the return trip, an afternoon shower caught us, but we just turned up the music and outraced the storm to our dock.

Back home, we enjoyed pizza from our favorite local spot and took an evening stroll by the Atlantic Ocean. As the night grew late, the living room of our glowing cottage buzzed with games.

I sank into sleep, smiling.

A perfect day.