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Losses
First one of her plastic shoes (I think they're called sliders) came off and was pulled out to sea. Then the frisbee landed in the water. The tide was coming in but the current was strong and carried them out of reach within seconds- and we weren't dressed to wade or swim after them. She was remarkably cheerful about it. The only real niggle was that the frisbee wasn't hers to lose but was on loan from Uncle Mike...
When I was a very small child- much younger than our grand daughter (who is ten, by the way)- I was riding in a small boat and my sun hat came off and fell overboard. I picture this happening in Frejus, on the Cote d'Azur but it might have been on the English south coast- at Hastings or even Eastbourne. Anyway the water was fairly clear and still- and I watched the hat as it sank- down, down- becoming more and more obscure until it was taken out of sight. It was my earliest experience of loss...
The current was moving west. The slider and the frisbee might come to land at Beachy Head or Brighton or Seaford- or possibly - if the current swerves- they'll make the Channel crossing and end up in Normandy...
When I was a very small child- much younger than our grand daughter (who is ten, by the way)- I was riding in a small boat and my sun hat came off and fell overboard. I picture this happening in Frejus, on the Cote d'Azur but it might have been on the English south coast- at Hastings or even Eastbourne. Anyway the water was fairly clear and still- and I watched the hat as it sank- down, down- becoming more and more obscure until it was taken out of sight. It was my earliest experience of loss...
The current was moving west. The slider and the frisbee might come to land at Beachy Head or Brighton or Seaford- or possibly - if the current swerves- they'll make the Channel crossing and end up in Normandy...