Movin' On - the beach

We just signed on to a miracle. A cottage in the forest looking out on a huge ocean beach!
We couldn't quite figure it out last night. We arrived late to sign into this place we'd booked a few days back.
We looked out on the beach at 9 in the evening, and there was a group of children having a ball swimming in the ocean. They seemed so far away and vulnerable somehow, but not a parent was to be seen, and they were laughing a splashing about. The water seemed so shallow, and their footing completely comfortable.
This morning I looked out again at 7:30. Long, long beach. Where the children were swimming last night was all sand. People were out for early walks. A boy was trying to get his little surfer going in the shallow water.
Then I noticed that the sand were disappearing and the tide was coming in fast.
In an hour, the families were appearing with the sand pails, and floppy hats, and rubber dingies, and all the paraphernalia of a day at the beach.
What a thrill to have it so quiet. Little cottages all in a row. A perfect washer and dryer just down the road. Golf clubs being loaded next door - a big smile on his face. Friendly faces asking how they can help. "towels? Oh, laundry! Yes, right over there". Is this heaven or not. And we're here for a week.
Realty things today, but tomorrow I'm promised myself a walk on that beach - We even have the different tide times for high and low on a chart in the room. It's amazing how different they are each day. As he says "Yes, this is something we're going to learn about now - the tides. That's what it's all about here - the tides".
Way off in the distance. Children laughing. A breeze in the trees. That's it. The laughter and the breeze.
That's the agenda - to keep those miracles comin' on!