October 22, 2018: It has been a year since I posted my last entry. The photo above was taken on that trip. I was having lunch with the girls, now women, women that have known me and my family since we were children. All of us are still recognizable. When I looked out the window, I was struck by how much that view reminded me of growing up there — the beach, the rocks, the easel. There are no longer any vacant lots along the beach — all those spots have long since been filled with upscale homes. As has almost every other location except the dunes. When we were kids we roamed freely on the beaches, in the woods and on the dunes without supervision. Almost everyone walked to school with friends or by themselves. We had a freedom that is seemingly unimaginable today.