Pensacola Beach Adventure and A New Season of Life

Saturday morning, I woke up with an overwhelming urge for change. This entire past year has been full of major growth. But, in particular, this past month has been full of deep introspection. I am in a very odd season of life. My children are now teenagers. They don’t spend as much time with me as they used to, which is normal. But it leaves me in such a weird position. I have spent the past 15 (almost 16) with my entire days devoted to being a mother. And while I am still a mom, they don’t need me as much. So in that respect I have been having to find ways to fill my extra time.

What that has actually resulted in is me devoting time to strengthening my body. Pushing my physical limits to see what I can achieve. Spending time alone at restaurants, shops, the rec center and more because I needed to learn who I am again. And devoting more time to really rediscovering my hobbies

But that particular Saturday I realized two important things. 1. It had been six years since I had laid my eyes on the ocean. And considering we lived about six hours from the beach, that didn’t make sense. 2. And most importantly, I am running out of time with my children. So I asked them if they wanted to go for the night, they said yes, we packed in less than ten minutes and took off.

I left my big camera at home. But I took SO many pictures on my phone (all of these were taken on an iPhone 7 Plus and were edited in the native Photos app). I spent the majority of the time in the moment, but the timekeeper in me still had to document our experience. We laughed and we played. We watched the sunrise over the horizon. We ate a huge breakfast. We watched the Sanderlings hop around. We splashed and Ryder swam, Gracie and I watched. I did a headstand. We drove through miles of dunes. We reconnected. Of all the trips I’ve ever made to the beach, this was the shortest but BY FAR my most favorite.

I will hands down recommend Pensacola Beach to anyone. The water was blue/green and the sands were white. It was so clean and not crowded at all.

I am going to be talking about this new season of life some more on a Facebook video tomorrow so be sure and catch that. Especially if you have any words of wisdom for me!