FollyBeach is only 15 minutes from downtown Charleston South Carolina, just over the bridge from James Island... and oh my goodness... What an absolutely gorgeous beach! Full of shells and surfers and not many people.
We were there on the 1st anniversary of Rod's death. It is hard to believe it has been a year. Each day seems to be getting more emotional and "real" for Donna. Having to rebuild her life without him. It is hard to believe he is not here anymore.. he was such an awesome and unique brother!
This is a picture of Donna and Miller (yes! Miller made it to the beach)! and behind the dunes is the house we stayed in. It was just perfect for the 5 of us. I loved the screened porch and big deck. Donna plans on taking her two cats back in the Fall.
This is sunrise from our deck. Just positively breath-taking!
Such a wonderful place to "get away" from it all but yet perfect for thinking with no interruptions.
The times it hits me is when I look towards our front door just waiting to see his forehead pressed to it.. he always did that to try to see through our prismatic glass. He'd have a 6 pack in one hand and we'd head out to the deck or screened porch and chat. Other times we'd head down to the dock and Eastin would finally talk him into going swimming with her. She loved it when he took her under the dock, between the gaps in the floatations.
One fireworks picture taken from our dock on the 4th of July. Shooting fireworks definitely isn't the same.. he would "try" to keep Russ from getting hurt, both of them would end up tripping over the rocks trying to get out of the way before the firework fired.
Now I sit on the deck, looking towards the dock every evening @ sunset...
I look to the right and there is this one area that he, Gary, Linda and Donna were sitting on our last 4th of July together, 2 years ago.
It seems so unreal he will not be here in all of our future gatherings.. but he will always be here in spirit.
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