The beach, fringed with come and go rhythm of ripples, stretches past walking distance both ways, dotted white seagulls rising above.

Quite unexpectedly, one is caught by the kite racing out to sea, into wind, against nature, before plunging to drown out of the boy’s reach far beyond the surf.

Ginger Hopkins lives in the Texas Hill Country on top of a mountain where she Celtic dances and teaches English Composition online for Brookhaven College in Dallas, Texas. She holds a BA and MA in English from TX A&M University.