Who Carries The Beach Umbrella?
View PDF | Print View –> by: kphirst Total views: 964 Word Count: 412 There’s no way to keep sand out of the house when you live by the beach, but the beach is why we moved here. I tell my family a little sand underfoot is homey. In the summer the beach is a magnet. People come for a day in the sun and by the end of the day I can tell which ones came without sunscreen. They come to release their inner child, as well as the children who’ve been in the back seat of an SUV repeatedly asking, “When are we going to get there?” Unfortunately, they can’t release the children until they find a parking space. The ice in the cooler is melting; Johnny just poked Jane with an inflated belly board; the parking situation hasn’t changed, but the baby needs to be. Suddenly paying a thirty-eight dollar fine for illegal parking looks like a bargain. Although kites dot the sky, I wonder if their flyers have been told by angry spouses to go fly one or are they doing it for fun? I don’t think holding a st
