[who moi]

she held his hand tightly as they chased the retreating waves.

but when the waves returned and crashed against the cove in the dusk, nature's spectacles demanded respect as the thundering sounds
rattled his tiny heart as he clinched her hand tighter.

his face, taut with every muscle pulling backwards that made his eyes squint as the crashing of the waves created tiny raindrops that misted
all over him.

She looked at him and smiled as she gave his little hand a squeeze to assure him that he was safe.

She remembered her first wave that scared her witless yet etched a permanant love of the ocean in her soul.

the ocean had never been far from her throughout her life for she always lived near it.

the spirit that became alive each time she visited the ocean made her felt young and vibrant.

As the ocean calmed herself again, she strolled back with him to where the waves could no longer scare him .

The skyline shined with residual radiance of the setting sun. Across the ocean she steered his sight toward where the sky kissed the water. Each color
brilliantly layered and entwined with one another that excited his tiny mind.

his face, grinning with delight as his eyes widened absorbing this wonder of nature as he sighed an unbeknownst sigh to him at the time that he only
later realized was a sigh of appreciative wonderment.

Soon, the heavens replaced the colors with darkness but dressed it with the stars and the moon.

She knew it would've been full moon that night because she wanted his first experience to be just as special as hers.

Luna's soft beam illuminated against the silky sand creating a silhouette of the two of them...

hers towering over his even though she was only 4'-11ish...

the two shadows contrasted yet melted together as if in Picasso's paintings.

the cold crisp splashes of the water hit the shore as some of it sprinkled against their legs and awakened their tired
bodies.

the soft moist sand slowly evaporated the fragrance of the beach under the moonlit sky.

She showed him Orion in the night sky as she told him the tale of the uneventful hunter and how he came to be in the sky.

his face, aglow and his eyes sparkled with delight and the tale of the hunter engraved deeply within him the love for mythology that
would ensue him for the the rest of his life.

She told him that there are many different beaches in the four corners of the world and that it awaited him.

from the Cape Town in South Afraica to the immaculate reefs of Australia, from the dusk of Iceland to the sunrise
of the pacific islands. All these places awaited him to explorer.

She told him she dreamt of touching the seal pups while roaring with the polar bears, she dreamt of walking with the
penguins while being splashed by the sea lions. And she told him to always keep his dream alive for that will keep hers, as well....

Even though she's never been to most of those places, she asked him to read about them, to seek them out whenver he could...
she made him the captain of her voyages and made him promise to tell her about it wherever he would visit.

he reached out his tiny pinky and locked it with hers...a promise made witnessed by the moon,stars,ocean, and the sand...

the cobalt sand was soft and tingling beneath their feet as they started to head back.

She told him the tale of her childhood from years ago where her mother took her to this beach for the first time.

when the waves crashed at her feet under the same full moon and stars lit night that made her
high and mesmerized...

she smiled at him and told him that even though she was older, he made her felt young and that he would keep her young by remembering this night
for the rest of his life...

then she asked him to chase her footprints as she let go of his hand and sprinted....

laughter followed as he stepped all over her prints that are forever imprinted into his heart...

for my grandmother, who would've been 91 this year...

[Addy]

You really truly are an artful, thoughtful, delightful and special-ful man.

thanks for being in my life!

(that's all of us here hugging you and the mrs.)

Addy

[Abbie]

I wanna chase waves.....


Abbie

[Jomar]

Made me get misty eyed...

[Nik-key]

Sometimes, there just aren't words to do justice .....
breathtakingly beautiful ((Moi))

[Doody]

(((Moi))) it just makes me want to pinch those gorgeous cheeks of your's and give you a great big hug.

[DM]

Amazing~ truly amazing!

[who moi]

*blush...

thank you...

this past Sun, the 13th was actually August 15th in the Lunar Calendar.

This is when my culture from over seas would celebrate the "Mid Autumn Festival"

I would compare it to Thanksgiving...it's a major holiday.

It is timed so that the moon would be full and actually appear to be the closest to the earth.

There would be many celebrations but it was also one of the few times that families will try to gather together because the fullness of the moon signifies togetherness...

it made me thought of my maternal grandmother...

she was an amazing woman...

she was highly educated for her time. The missionaries that came to her village stayed with her family because her family was the most well known.

Her father was a doctor. Her two brothers became doctors and actually came to the states through missionary help and got educated in the states.

She, herself spoke 3 languages fluently...

the last time I saw her was when I was 10 yo. And recently, I've been trying to write down memoires about my family. I feel like my memory has been slipping and just wanted to jot it down for my youngest brother.

the last time he saw her was when he was barely one year old. And I wanted to help him know some of our wonderful family members.

I didn't know that in writing them, it has been helping me tremendously...

I am healing through writing these little things out...and my problem is that I can't seem to do it justice. She was so much more than I could've described...

but that's the best I could do for now...

I do have to admit that the parts where she told me to travel was probably at another time when we were somewhere else, but I didn't wanted to go around in circles and talk about how she helped me brush my teeth and wiped my butt either. LOL So, I kinda just added that part to this memory....

I hope I did her justice...

I am so flattered that you guys liked it...I am always flattered...and embarassed...and honored...

thank you all so much for taking your time to read it...

((((BIG HUGS))))

[DM]

Hey Muwah~~ Just went back and reread your post~ Now, that I know the reason for it, I feel a lump in my throat. Don't chastise yourself for not remembering every little detail about your Grandma or anyone else.

My Gram was part of my soul and it's funny, but I seem to remember things about her that no one else would really care about~~ except me. We had a bond that was amazing. You captured your thoughts and put them down in a way that honored her place in your life. Besides, they came from your heart and we know that words from the heart mean much more than what our brain tries to tell us.

Thank you for sharing this w/us. I am thinking of my Gram right now and smiling.

[who moi]

dear DM,

thank you so much...I just posted a big vent and then I read this...now, I think I am going to go and have a good cry which I truly need...

thank you so much...I am at lost for words right now so I am just going to say a big thank you

(((((BIG HUGS)))))

love,

moi...