{"id":6443,"date":"2015-12-13T18:10:59","date_gmt":"2015-12-13T07:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/write4publish.com\/?p=6443"},"modified":"2022-06-13T10:58:59","modified_gmt":"2022-06-13T00:58:59","slug":"life-is-a-beach-a-guest-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anneskyvington.com.au\/life-is-a-beach-a-guest-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Life is a Beach: a guest post by Ian Wells"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Life is a Beach<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Have you heard the saying, Life is a beach?<br \/>\nHave you ever strolled along a sandy shore?<br \/>\nScrunching wet sand deliciously between your toes?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I have<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px; text-align: center;\">I\u2019ve watched the spray fly,<br \/>\nheard the waves pound<br \/>\nmarvelled at dolphins dancing<br \/>\nenjoyed the birds\u2019 aerobatic antics<span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Times;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I\u2019ve felt the sting of the hot sun on my flesh<br \/>\nwhile breathing in the tang of sweet salty air.<br \/>\nI\u2019ve licked briny beads from my lips and tasted the sea.<br \/>\nI\u2019ve walked with a well-loved someone, warmed inside and out,<br \/>\ntalking and smiling and caring,<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px; text-align: center;\">touching and laughing in the sun,<br \/>\nsharing our past, our present and our future.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Style2\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Born and raised by the beach, I left for a while,<\/p>\n<p class=\"Style2\" style=\"padding-left: 30px; text-align: center;\">but the beach\u2019s lure meant I just HAD to return.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Style1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Live well, laugh and love the beach, I cry.<br \/>\nI think I\u2019ll always be passionate about my life\u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"Style2\" style=\"padding-left: 30px; text-align: center;\">and I\u2019ll be so with a very special place in mind.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Life IS a beach!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00a9 Ian Wells<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Style2\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Times;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Style2\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Life is a Beach Have you heard the saying, Life is a beach? 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