six feet of marblehead beach

six feet, three friends

Mandy took Cathi and I to her favorite beach. In typical us style, we didn’t do much. We strolled; we looked for sea glass and pretty stones; we walked in both silence and laughter; we took flaughter pictures; we got Cathi in the water.

At one point, I called my friends over to me. I asked them to stand close, and with puzzled looks on their faces I angled the camera towards our feet. Suddenly they understood; they smiled and laughed and said what a great idea it was.

I felt the significance of that moment—of our feet, from all over the world, sharing the same space.

Looking at this picture, my heart swells. It holds a lot of meaning to me, in ways I can’t even articulate.

I am thankful I’m not alone…

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27 Responses to “six feet of marblehead beach”
  1. @ngie
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    Hmmm… that last sentence was the clincher. So true. So true.

    Bless your feet! :-)

  2. very cool.

    you and your feet pictures!

    ok…i LOVE those orange shoes. whosever feet they belong to, please tell me where you found them!

  3. Heidi
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    The last line grabbed me… So true!!!

  4. i LOVE that we have an “us” style!
    so that part…. THAT part… the “us” style – it’s my favorite!

  5. Birgit says:

    This is really nice. Loved the part – “our feet, from all over the world, sharing the same space.” :)

  6. I love that picture so much!! Brilliant.

  7. roo says:

    They’re ‘lece’s feet in the orange shoes!

    …I have some feet pictures that David took. Since I don’t like feet, it’s odd that I love those pictures. But I do. It’s that “ways I can’t even articulate” feeling. Proof of happiness, even without the faces.

  8. 1godsgal says:

    awwww this is so true…and representative of the our walking alongside one another….thank you for sharing….

    Hey, we have feet in Oregon too ya know…just sayin’ :roll:

  9. Brandy says:

    who’s wearing the orange shoes? I want the orange shoes. Where did they come from? Where can I get them? Where? Where? Where? ;-)

    Love this pic! It’s cute!

  10. Amy
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    A beautiful picture… a beautiful moment… with beautiful friends…

  11. tam
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    honestly, this is my fave picture ive seen so far!

    i think those are aleces shoes bwan muffin. i love them too!

  12. roo says:

    And… fail. Because Alece once told me where she got ‘em. And I can’t remember for the life of me. I love them, tooooooo!

  13. faithstart says:

    So sweet. I have a few foot pictures. One of me and Dan’s at out wedding, one of Con’s little Pirate Robeez shoes. They make great pictures, and I like to remember my shoes. hehe

  14. edfromct says:

    Love the picture Alece.

    I do think you should take off those shoes and enjoy the experience of running through the sand and surf. The experience of feeling the little crabs and fish nibbling on you toes.

  15. hey! I’m smiling in this picture!

  16. and lece, aren’t you glad you didn’t change your shoes?!?! Look what a fan base you have!!!!
    [now, get off your man and get to bloggin!]
    ;)

  17. p.s. i’ve been waiting for this post.
    i’m still smiling.

  18. Amy Ellison says:

    and the caption is so good!

  19. bradruggles says:

    So cool. Great post and picture.

  20. i was just remembering that time… i know we didn’t really go anywhere. for the whole entire weekend… but i’m so glad we got out for a few hours to see that place.
    :)
    really!

    WHAT a memory we made.

  21. Anna says:

    I love this picture and this post…. love you all…

  22. Lisa Ruggles says:

    Great pic and Amazing post. How cool that from opposite sides of the world you have become friends!

  23. alece says:

    orange shoes = mine = crocs! i love ‘em.

  24. Heidi
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    thankful I’m not alone…

    Missed you today.. ALOT!!

    Love you

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