I laughed at myself as I walked onwards to the beach. When I was young, I was frightened by the height but now it was the knowledge that I am in my mid 30s and really don’t fancy a broken ankle. Instead, I stood, looking down, and found I was still too afraid. I wish I could say that I fulfilled that childhood wish and leapt from the top of a dune. ![]() ![]() They were fearless! I was always jealous and longed to join in – but I had been too scared. I had a rush of memories of my brothers giggling as they jumped off the dunes. Soon, I was walking across the dunes to the beach. I believe this was because I felt the day wasn’t about me – it was about Little Juju. I felt my spirits rise and realised I couldn’t remember the last time I had felt so uninhibited and able to lose myself in the moment. On this trip, I sang loudly and didn’t care that I was out of tune. As a child, for fear of being mocked, I would sing under my breath to songs that my father played in the car. ![]() I turned up the music and lost myself in cheesy tunes from the 80s and 90s. I was nervous at first because I had been avoiding driving.
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