We love the beach. We are on vacation and we are watching the kids jump in and out of the "Big Water" and they are having fun. They are in the pool a lot and they are very tan and they are enjoying ice cream and eating cereal for dinner. They are very tired at the end of the day and sleeping like logs. They are having full days of beachy fun.

I’ve been thinking a lot about the beach trip next year. Because, if you have been paying attention, we might have us a transplant next summer. Or maybe it will be a bit before…or a lot before. My mind has been going to some dark places too. The scary ones I need to process about this transplant. Maybe because the beach is a quiet place I’m able to process some of the not so wonderful things about having a new kidney. You know, the media makes a kidney transplant look all glamorous and easy, but I’m here to tell you it is not. The doctors have said it is exchanging one set of problems for another.

Must go and look at the dolphins frolicking.