I’ve missed the beach. Both of us have. For all the years we’ve spent living in Germany and Maryland, we’ve always felt there was a little something missing. Sure, there are beaches and bodies of water in those places, too - but nothing’s like Florida. Nothing’s like the calm, gray-blue waters of the Gulf of Mexico that lazily crash into the soft, white beaches, and the quaint specialty shops and rustic restaurants that line the shores, bathed in a warm sun and soothing breezes. Our recent return to Florida helped us to realize that spending the day at an old beach haunt of ours was the perfect way to celebrate our wedding anniversary. Our anniversary may be in December and only two weeks before Christmas, but it was a beautiful, blue day with clear skies and
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