There was sunburn and rashes, fevers and wine, pirates and speeding tickets

Another vacation has come and gone, mixing both extremes of time -- going at once too fast and at times seeming like it was years ago that it started. We started with a child sick and ended with impetigo. There was much wine and cigars, mini golf and sunburnt shoulders, stingrays hovering in the surf, extreme heat, books read, friends visited, prayers shared and passed, sleeping in sheets gritty where sand never seems to vanish, and one speeding ticket (with much appreciation to Marion, South Carolina for the $130 gesture for going with the flow of traffic and just 10 miles over -- as well as providing no information on who or how to pay the ticket) that soured the entire trip. Now were thrust back into life and responsibilities, tasks and duties -- but left with the satisfaction of memories.