Well it’s been over a year since the oil spill in the Gulf. I still wonder what the long term affects of it all will be. The fish, the oysters, the shrimp… us. If you were to go to the beach today, you’d see nothing but beautiful water and beautiful sand. No tar balls. No oil sheen. It’s absolutely gorgeous. That’s the happy way to look at it. Then there’s the sad way. What about all those chemicals they dumped in? The ones that mixed with the water. The ones that we couldn’t see. Are they there?I don’t like to think about it. In fact, when I do go to the beach… I don’t think about it. I might for a split second think, “that’s odd… no oil spill workers today,” or I’ll see some birds and think, “glad they survived.” Then I carry on with what I was thinking/doing and we have a beautiful time at the beach.

The oil spill was unbelievable. I do still get teary eyed at times thinking about it. But I’m not a negative person and it’s so hard to only think negatively when the beach is so beautiful and brings such joy and happiness to me, my family, and everyone who visits. Just doesn’t seem right to be so ho hum about it.

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