I love being IN it- I love the push and pull of the waves, like it's going to pull you right out and there's nothing you can do about it, that power is kind of mesmerizing. I was swimming at Vilano Beach in Florida one time and stood up to walk back to the shore, and had a wave just scoop me up and fling me onto the shore, I couldn't breath for a few seconds, because I hit so hard. It honestly felt like another person had picked me up and hurled me ashore. -- Cindy's Cottage

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Date Posted: 11:59:27 08/01/09 Sat
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celtgirl
Subject: I love being IN it- I love the push and pull of the waves, like it's going to pull you right out and there's nothing you can do about it, that power is kind of mesmerizing. I was swimming at Vilano Beach in Florida one time and stood up to walk back to the shore, and had a wave just scoop me up and fling me onto the shore, I couldn't breath for a few seconds, because I hit so hard. It honestly felt like another person had picked me up and hurled me ashore.
In reply to: Mahri 's message, "This is a really wild, beautiful chapter. The storm, the other worldly feeling and Casey's 'ghost' story, it left me unsettled..not in a bad way...just somehow not at peace. As much as I love the ocean and being near the shore, I am not comfortable IN it, especially at night. Re-reading this reminded me of an incident at the beach one year - DH was stressed/frustrated so he took his wee beach chair down and sat right where the waves were crashing at his feet. Well the tide was coming in and I watched as the waves moved from crashing at his feet to his calves to his lap and I said to DD's 'If I have to go drag his ass out of that water, I'm gonna kill him' *g* Those certainly weren't lustful feelings hahaha" on 11:31:55 08/01/09 Sat

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I used to like that too - being out jumping and riding the waves, feeling the pull was a giddy feeling. But getting caught in an undertow once scared the bejeebus out of me. I have a healthy respect for the power out there though :-) (NT) -- Mahri, 12:30:26 08/01/09 Sat
- Talking about jumping in the waves, made me remember this image I've carried with me since my first visit to Ireland. I was sitting on some rocks on a beach in Donegal, and this girl was wandering along the shore. She was quite tall, milky fair and had fiery red long hair, curly and down to her waist. All of a sudden she picked up her skirts and ran right into the ocean- it was just one of those images that's so breathtaking in the moment that it flash-freezes onto your consciousness forever. (NT) -- celtgirl (), 12:37:36 08/01/09 Sat
  - Ooohh that does sound like a breathtaking image - and then the temp of the water probably literally took her breath away ;-) (NT) -- Mahri, 13:33:50 08/01/09 Sat

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