Take Me Back Tuesday | Sweet and Salty Melodies

The way I figure it, you either grow up a beach kid or a mountain kid. Maybe you were lucky enough to be both but let’s be honest, in my humble opinion, most families are prone to one or the other. It’s like your ‘thing’ as a family. We ALWAYS go to the beach every summer….or we ALWAYS go skiing every Christmas. For my family, it was my mom grew up on the beach and can’t stand to be cold…so, it was decided. We were a beach family. Now, my dad would have loved to be spending some peaceful time along a bubbling brook in the Rockies on a cool summer day. Buuuut, you win some you lose some.

Yep, every summer we would pile into the car (or actually my dad would scoop our snoozing little selves up at 2 am) and we’d begin the two-day journey to Florida. Our full size van was so wicked cool…or at least I thought so at the time…complete with a TV. We were so cutting edge…at the time anyway. We’d pull up to the shore and waste no time to race into the salty crashing waves. It was heavenly.

Unfortunately, when you grow up a beach kid and I’m guessing a mountain kid as well, there is something ingrained in you that you just can’t let go. It’s like coming home. Like reliving precious childhood memories. For me, the sea salted air and the thunderous noise of the tide are some of life’s sweetest melodies. Which is why, today I got giddy excited! Yep, so excited because hopefully in a month or so my toes will be dug deep in the sand and that sea salted air will be blowing hard against my face! Lucky for me, my sweet sister and BFF since the womb lives in the great state of FL, and I’m trying to plan a trip. A beach trip!

So, in the name of sweet and salty melodies…

I say, Take Me Back!

Happy Tuesday!