This is simply beautiful! I don't mind the use of "mature". However, I might have used "calm soul" since it goes well with the sea. I really was transported!

LK

Hi Cathy:

Wow! This one really hits you right in there! I definitely like the revision! It says so much more descriptively without the additional wording. I really liked it!

Laura

Thanks to all for the warm welcome! I have been mostly sampling everyone else, but I do have a few in the works!

It has been a few years since I have been on the board, but I plan to get back to the work that I love. When I was off of work with the kids, I had the time and the energy to devote to the craft. My user name was Pandora and I wrote several poems and short stories to end up drowning in the chapter 3 of a book. After I went back to work full time in a very stressful work environment, it just didn't come to me. Now after two years, I feel a huge void and long to return to witness the great talent that is represented here and to chip a bit in here and there! Good to be back!