When I told them it would be cool, they were skeptical. When I told them this would be the plus side of being dragged along on a business trip, they didn’t buy it. When I told them it’s one of my favorite beaches, they were unimpressed. When I told them their car-weary souls would revive […]
Jekyll Island
Visiting My Island Friends to the South: Day Two
Day Two dawned, because sleep is a priority in my birth family, not so early. We breakfasted at the hotel, where I used my very first pancake maker. (You push a button, and a minute later, two pancakes come rolling out the side of the machine. Sometimes, it’s the small things that mesmerize me.) Then, […]
Visiting My Island Friends to the South: Day One
Last week, I mentioned that I visited two relatively new-to-me islands recently. Months ago, my mom offered to take my sister and me on a girls’ getaway weekend. Managing the schedules of three women from three different states, however, proved to be a time-consuming challenge. Plus, we had to contend with the fact that I […]