Ashore When She Is Ready ~ Not a Minute Before
The towels are packed, the car is loaded and someone is calling her name from the sand. She heard. She is simply finishing her thought, her float and her afternoon, in that order. For the woman nobody has ever successfully hurried out of the water.
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For the Last One Out: Give it to the friend who has been 'coming' for twenty minutes at every lake, pool and beach since childhood.
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Mari's Favourite Kind: Some days call for perspective. Some call for not coming ashore. She clearly knows which this is.
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Mother Knows: Mothers of water babies will recognise the standoff and the eventual surrender.
Mermaid Dayz made this round ornament for the tree with a starfish on top. Choose ceramic or aluminum, about 3 inches across, and it arrives with its hanging string. A quick wipe with a damp cloth keeps it bright, tide after tide and Christmas after Christmas. Hang it on the tree, on a hook in the beach house, or in the window of the friend who counts the days until summer swims.