My in laws lost their beach house on the Bolivar Peninsula during Hurricane Ike. The beach house has been in there family for many, many years. I know they had lots of fond memories there. Bill and I have some too. I don't know if we ever told anyone but the beach house is the first place we ever seriously discussed getting married. Emily has only been to the beach house a handful of times but talks about going to Granny and Papa beach house all the time. A few weeks ago out of the blue she asked me when we were going back. I tried to avoid the conversation then decided to just explain as gently as I could what happened. I was surprised at her reaction. At first she was really quiet. Then I asked her if she had any question and told her she could ask me anything she wanted. She just started crying. It really broke my heart to see her so upset. We talked for a while and I explained to her that Granny and Papa were ok and that they are really lucky because that have another house to live in. She seemed ok with that.
My sister-in-law April started a blog to share her stories and feelings so you can check it out. The Beach House
Thursday, October 23, 2008
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