Our girl, perhaps more than any of us, adores South Carolina. Meera is not a fast-paced, rat-race, harsh-life kind of girl. From her first days on this earth we knew from the start that she is a slow-and-steady, easy-does-it, sweet through-and-through, soulful and big-hearted, gentle and kind, warm and sugary girl. She didn’t take long to let us know, too, that she’s a proud-as-can-be Girlie-Girl. She likes to wear her hair down, with a dress everyday. She likes her ocean water warm and salty. Even on the beach, she has a strong preference for the skirted swimsuit. She likes her shrimp dunked heavily in warm melted butter (and has no problem with double dipping). She hums non-stop, smiles pretty much constantly, and enjoys life without a hint of competition or aggravation. Pretty inside and out, Meera is a dreamy, laid-back little soul who loves nothing more than: 1) her family, and 2) chillaxing.
If you think about it (and if you know the South at all), everything above is a pretty much a perfect stereotypically positive description of the south. I’ve come to realize that Coastal South Carolina is pretty much Meera’s dream world. She exists in great harmony with the place, the people, the culture.
On Sunday afternoon Meera announced to me that when she gets married someday her wedding will be in South Carolina. Somehow I wasn’t surprised by that at all.
Meera is having the time of her life these days. Monday evening she said to me, very thoughtfully and sincerely: “Today has been the best day of my life.” I believed her. Yesterday, as we were driving back to the beach house from the pool she said, “Today was the second best day of my life Mama. I mean it. The second best day of my life! These have been the two best days of my whole entire life!” Sweet Carolina Girl.
(All pics in this post from the past few days~)
Excellent! XO
Bless Meera’s tender little heart. In a different world that is exactly the kind of girl I would have been. I hope her memories of this time remain intact and inspire her for decades. Perhaps she need a little memory scrapbook where she can save pics and mementos of this time.
You’ve done great write-ups on the kids. How about a blurb on how Dash is experiencing his first summer as the official J-M dog in the Low Country.
Ok Candis! I will work on that (Dash)! It will be fun for me!!!
I don’t know why this brought tears to my eyes, well I will say it makes me miss home (The Carolinas) Due to my grad school schedule we won’t get back home this summer. We now live in the NE due to the hubby’s career. I AM NOT a northern girl. LOL On the back of my SUV it says “Carolina Girl, Best in the World” Sound like Meera needs one too. So sweet.
When I read your description of Meera I thought about this superb book by Susan Cain: Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking. It is so well researched and written and I think you will see Meera and quite possibly your sons in the book.