The summer before we planned to move back to New Mexico, we took a drive down to San Diego to go to the beach with the family. I stood by the ocean looking at the water, and my cousin, Kayla walked up "Casey what are you doing?" I turned to look at her, she had a big smile on her face, I turned to face her "Must be nice living by the ocean, being able to come out and watch the waves, wash away all your problems."
She laughed "Watching the ocean makes you think about everything, not much use of it." I laughed "What problems do you have?" She shook her head "I miss my mom; I wish she could be in my life too, but I know she's here." I kicked my flip-flops off and walked into the water "I'm sorry about that Kay." She kicked her flip-flops off "What's going on with you Casey?" The wind began to pick up "I did something when I went back home, not something I'm ready to talk about."
