The town where we’ve spent many spring vacations since my son was little (thanks, Mom & Dad) is overlaid with memories of my kid running on the beach, chasing gulls, splashing in the frigid water, and tossing a ball into the waves to play catch with the ocean.

At almost 25 years old, my son seems to have cooled to the idea of a beachside vacation.

I’m lucky that he lets me go anyway.

As we do on any family vacation, we transfer ourselves to a new locale but try to keep as much the same as possible. I pack some new clothes for me, and old familiar shirts for him. I bring my “work” with me, cramming my bags with packets of condiments, medications, beads and earplugs. (I was never allowed to be a Boy Scout, but I am always prepared.)

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