A New Dawn

The Christmas lights are turned on and the weather has turned cold. I haven't been back to see any more sunrises, since my sunrise picture session. I haven't reflected back to past Christmas season as much as reflecting back on pass friendships. My childhood friends who are no longer apart of my everyday life. Karen was a childhood friend who was considered my best friend at the time I was growing up. She married and moved to Georgia. She raised three kids and worked as a nurse. I haven't spoken to her in years. I wonder if she looks the same as the last time I saw her. I lost contact with her mom which bothered me because I have no one to find out what happened to her. This may remain an unresolved issue. Freddy who was another childhood friend and my next door neighbor met with an untimely death at the hands of a semi. His car ran underneath a semi. What was amazing is that I did not know this information for five years. Freddy married after high school and had one son. He divorced and remarried. He had two more children and a wife who wanted him to live in Indiana. He followed her to Indiana and the rest was history. One pleasant memory is the picture of the sunrise on twenty-seven avenue. This is what my dad looked forward to when he came over from Orlando to stay at the beach. He would dress in shorts and bare feet and proceed to the shoreline with a cup of hot coffee in his hand. This is when we took vacations on the North end of the beach. Now, I can share the beauty of a sunrise on the beach. I can enjoy my coffee in the morning and create new memories every day.