The Sting of the Salt
As I sat with my toes gripping the grains of sand and my skin soaking up as much Vitamin D as my body would allow, my attention was suddenly drawn to something very specific. I had been daydreaming in my favorite beach chair with the waves crashing just above my ankles for approximately a minute, when all of a sudden I became hyper aware of a cut I had on the outside of my right foot; something that had been practically nonexistent prior.
While I became more and more painfully aware - literally - of the sore…