“Some people say that there’s a woman to blame, but I know… it’s my own damn fault.”
— Jimmy Buffett

When most visitors awoke at their first day at the shore here at Oak Island, North Carolina Sunday morning, it was raining heavily.

But I awoke earlier, and, as I have every day since the divorce, got in a walk/jog before the rain arrived.

As a weather enthusiast, rain doesn’t usually get me down – I see the beauty in it.

But even that is a challenge this week. Things are going OK so far – I am getting a lot of relaxing in, and trying to do what I want to do, but still memories of my missing family nag at the back of my mind like waves quietly rolling in, over and over.