We walked down the steps to the beckoning salt pool, two vacationers celebrating their 10th anniversary in paradise. Every time, I think without fail, I would stop to watch the swan. As swans are prone to be, this one was elegant, solitary, simply lovely. The coi in its pond--large, plump, splashes of orange white and black--kept the swan company, or at least gave it something to watch.
That vacation was about 5 years overdue, and whoa, do I want to get back there. With our move (we are still surrounded by boxes and likely will be for quite some time given our schedules), all of the repairs our house needs, and the various insanities going on at each of our respective workplaces, we probably won't get out for another real vacation for another 5 years. But when things get stressful, and I'm tired, and not feeling that great (like right now), I think of that swan and send it a hello. I'll get back there some day.
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