Saturday 2nd September

This time it’s three hours and two hundred miles down south, and we’re safely ensconced in Key Largo.

We haven’t stayed on this Key before, usually choosing Islamorada or Marathon, so there should be new places to explore, other options for dining, and different activities to try out.

Wish you were here too

You should be

Here with me

Darling Angel son

xxxxxx

Palm trees

Marina reflections

Friday 1st September

This morning was spent exploring the isolated beaches on Hutchinson Island, to the east of Port St. Lucie. Beautiful, isolated stretches of sand, with no footprints, no noise and no litter, as far as the eye could see: just the sound and movement of the breaking waves. 

Blowing kisses to heaven my Angel

Dearest, darling Angel son

xxxxxx

Entrance to Frederick Douglass Park

We are the only people on the beach

No one for miles ~ no footprints, no litter, no noise

So quiet and peaceful

Surveying the ocean

Beach flowers

An empty car park

Bathtub Reef Beach

Not much for the lifeguard to do

Bathtub Reef Beach

Protected dunes and a living reef

Thursday 31st August

Almost two hundred and fifty miles, and four hours later, with the car devouring the long stretches of Interstate, we’ve arrived at our next destination. We’ll be here for a couple of days, then onto the Keys, to round off our holiday.

The temperature is a good ten degrees warmer, and the skies are a beautiful blue. 

Tired and weary after two long days of driving, we’re happy to do very little, apart from something to eat and a little shopping, a cup of tea and a shower. We’ll go exploring the coast tomorrow, from Fort Pierce down to Jensen Beach.

Thinking of you all the time

Wishing you were here

Loving you forever

Precious Angel son

xxxxxx

Dames Point Bridge over the St. Johns River, Jacksonville

Driving on past the road to Daytona Beach

Wednesday 30th August

Almost four hundred miles south, six hours later, with three stops for food, drinks and bathroom breaks, and we’re back in Florida, having driven the length of South Carolina and Georgia. A quick overnight stay before heading further south tomorrow, then on to the Keys after that.

Wish you were in the back of the car with us; wish you were here in the hotel now ~ you’d be off to the pool, splashing and swimming about, or you’d take control of the television, and flick through the masses of channels, searching for SpongeBob or Batman or Star Trek. 

We think of you all the time; what you’d do, what you’d say, what you’d choose. That will never change.

We miss you every single moment. That will never change.

We love you so much. That will never change.

Dearest, darling Angel son

xxxxxx

Sunrise this morning, before we left……

With pretty, fluffy clouds

“My mom always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.”

Tuesday 29th August

And so we come to the end of our two week stay in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. 

Two weeks of doing nothing.

Nothing to worry about.

Nothing to stress over.

Nothing to think about.

No problems.

No concerns.

No fears.

And it has been so restful, recharging, relaxing and calming.

We missed you every single day

Love you my Angel

Treasured son

xxxxxx

An early morning knock on our door ~ a delivery from our good friends ~ hello breakfast

A grey, quiet start to the morning

Clouds gathering this afternoon

But still pleasant to sit on the beach

Monday 28th August

A rainy day

Time to relax

Love you so much

To the moon and back

Darling Angel son

xxxxxx

A few people walked up and down the beach this morning

By the afternoon it was almost deserted

Sunday 27th August

Nine hundred days an angel

Nine hundred days since I saw your face

Nine hundred days without your voice

Nine hundred days just a lonely space

Nine hundred nights knowing you’re gone

Nine hundred nights of asking ‘Why?’

Nine hundred nights sobbing silently

Nine hundred nights thinking it’s a lie

It seems like yesterday

It seems so long ago

It seems so unreal

It seems you’ll have no tomorrow

Love you now

Love you still

Always have

Always will

Darling Angel son

xxxxxx

Fluffy clouds this morning

Beach through the palm trees

Fluffy clouds this afternoon

Palm tree fronds

Saturday 26th August

A sparkling sea, like a thousand tiny jewels

All twinkling in the early morning light

Wave upon wave of shining diamonds

You’re telling me you still shine as bright

But I’m missing your sparkle

My sweet Angel son

The twinkle you had

Now forever young

xxxxxx

Sparkly waves break over the sand this morning

26th August 2012, looking out over an almost identical view ~ five years ago…….

Friday 25th August

I don’t understand why

But I do know he’s here

Safely tucked inside my heart

I try hard not to shed a tear

Recalling all the memories

I know he’ll never truly disappear

If I close my eyes and wish a while

I think I feel him standing near

My darling Angel son

Love you to the moon and back

xxxxxx

The beach chairs and umbrellas are set out by 7:30am

Quiet, gentle waves lap the shore in the early morning light 

Pretty sunset to end the day

Sugar pink colours over the sea this evening

Thursday 24th August

I think I see you in a group of people

Just wish for you there was a sequel

I search for you as the clouds roll by

Just wish you weren’t​ a star in the sky

I imagined I felt your hand in mine

Just wish that I could go back in time

I thought I heard your voice and laughter

Just wish you had a happy ever after

Love you sweetheart

Beloved Angel son

xxxxxx

Cloudy, but still warm

Pretty yellow hibiscus

And a pink one too