REVISITING AN OLD RESORT. We went by train to an old familiar seaside resort with hildren and !

rand hildren and others as s" h# and it was a !ood day with fine weather# and the la"!hter of hildren and the distra tion of their en$oyment on the bea h% b"t yo" my son%weren&t there% or if yo" were in s'irit% I was "naware. ("t I !"ess yo" were% there amon!st "s ta!!in! alon!% yo"r silen e and h"mo"r there in s'irit% rememberin! as I did the days when yo" were yo"n! and 'layed "'on this bea h with yo"r brothers and sisters of a m" h tender a!e. I wish now I was able to t"rn ba ) to that time as if in a boo)&s 'a!e# to reli*e those times% hold on to the e+ itement and yo"th of that time% b"t time 'asses "s on% and on we !o whether we wish to or no# the times 'assin! "s by% mo*in! "s on in a ontin"in! motion. The hildren 'layed on the sand% I wat hed the wide e+'anse of o ean# the onstant r"sh of the tide# the memories of yo"% my son% o"t there% 'layin! on the ed!e with yo"r b" )et and s'ade%

en!rossed in the !ame. We went to the seaside and bea h% b"t it will ne*er be the same# now yo" will always be% seemin!ly% o"t of rea h.