Summer is the time for leaping into waves, and no one leaps as heartily – and as recklessly – into things as a child. So it was that on a trip to the shore this summer, my daughter jumped endlessly into the white waves, with a gusto that made it seem like the ocean would grow tired of rolling in before she grew tired of splashing around in it. On this particular day, the tide came in with a considerable force, breaking loudly on the beach and rushing back into the depths with a commotion that was more than a match for her delicate, pixie limbs. So as she frolicked this way and that in the water, I did my best to stay close enough to jump in after her if at any moment the strength of the current proved too much for her.
A Secret Vigilance
A Secret Vigilance
A Secret Vigilance
Summer is the time for leaping into waves, and no one leaps as heartily – and as recklessly – into things as a child. So it was that on a trip to the shore this summer, my daughter jumped endlessly into the white waves, with a gusto that made it seem like the ocean would grow tired of rolling in before she grew tired of splashing around in it. On this particular day, the tide came in with a considerable force, breaking loudly on the beach and rushing back into the depths with a commotion that was more than a match for her delicate, pixie limbs. So as she frolicked this way and that in the water, I did my best to stay close enough to jump in after her if at any moment the strength of the current proved too much for her.