As a little girl---Labor Day meant, it was our last beach trip! The very last thing we did as a family before, Thanksgiving & Christmas. Our last vacation.
The most fun I've ever had, was a Labor Day, long ago---we stayed at the Coral Reef, at St. Pete Beach. I thought it was a Ritz-Carlton, because it had a pool! I never had a pool growing up & this was a humongous deal. All of us went---Mother, Daddy, my brother/family, my sister/family & at that time Nashan was about 3 yrs old & Lance was about a year old, being his birthday is Sept 1st. I just recently saw pictures, as I was cleaning out the garage of that Holiday--I can remember, everyone made fun of me, due to my big boobs--nursing at the time, & they were right, from the look of the pictures. LOL---
Pictures of Daddy with all the grandkids, on the beach, making Sand Castles---Daddy with his white, long sleeve shirt on & his big straw hat---skin problems all the time, but that never kept him from the beach, with all of us. Mother always sat pretty, with her hair done & god forbid, if any of us, got it wet!!!
I remember the walks & just sitting, till way past dark, when all the little ones, would be sleeping. That was such a great time, to listen, to Mother & Daddy tell, one story, then another.
I am so grateful, to have such sweet & precious memories, of such, great family times!
I miss those days---
Shannon
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some people are blessed with such fairytale stories of their lives and special holidays. labor day is like any other day to many of us. just another day. christmas was special to me long ago with both my parents when they were alive. will save some of those stories when those holidays come around.
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