Patricia

It is so satisfying to be out here. The beautiful view of the rumbling of the ocean and the beautiful view of the sky. I’ll never understand how one side of the water is blue and the other is an unexplainable shade of green, yet they seem not to mix. One of my many goals in life is to have a home built on the beach. I want to wake up every morning and bask in the beauty of the ocean view.

It’s a Monday morning, hence the small number of people on the beach. I’m dressed in a white, free mid-thigh jumpsuit with prints of tiny sunflowers scattered all over the material. I packed my hair in a messy ponytail and did very light makeup. I finished the look with my favourite white beach hat and my deep blue flat.

“I know this will sound so cliche, but I don’t care.”

“Out with it," Mother says.

“You are glowing, mother, and you look happier. Could this be the result of something new?”

“And this you’ve noticed in four hours?” She says she's checking her time.

“Well.”

“Don’t get me wrong, I enj