Where I Begin: A Sandy Soul

The great debate about human develoment lies in the pressing question: nature or nuture? In a compilation of my thoughts and a thoughtful examination of my how I grew and evolved to be who I am today, I'd have to say that it is nurture that brought me to my nature. It is my parents who put me in a position to find that my surroundings are truly what made me who I am, and without that catalyst, I recognize that I would be very different. I do not exactly know how common it is to be as obessed with the water and the beach as I am, but I also do not know how common it is to be swaddled on a beach under an umbrella 2 weeks after being born. I have been engulfed in the sounds of the waves and the wild sent of salty air before I even could comprehend my surroundings. My love for the water and the beach in all its entirety stemmed from the simple fact that it is all I knew. And to be fair, it's all I wanted to know. My mom, who has a tendency to video tape everything, makes it possible to giggle at an unsteady toddler making a break for the shoreline only to turn around and run just as it touches her toes.

My love for the water and reverence for the sea was playful and lighthearted when I was young, and is now more mature yet more wild as I am older and able to anaylze my roots and where my passions  come from. Time spent on the beach and in the ocean has given me my most cherished and fortified relationships, esspesially with my older brother who has the same passion as me. While we do not seem to agree on much else, our differences melt away as we spend a morning surfing together or an evening watching the sunset. I am eternally grateful for all that I have been able to take away from days spent sandy and sunburt, and I am blessed to continue loving and living with the lessons I have learned. My aspirations for this blog truley lie in sharing my own passion for the water, but also making it a relatable lifestyle bog to depict things such as beachy recipes and workouts, universal lessons I've learned, the absolute vitalness of sharks and their amazing dominance over their habitat, influential surfers, "Chasing Mavericks", beautiful beaches, and other glimpes into the world of a girl born with a sandy soul. I hope to be relatable to those who also may share a love for the ocean, but also relatable to anyone with a passion that they feel has molded them into their genuine self.