Emanuels visit 3

   Emanuel came to the beach with me and the rest of our family. He stepped on to the sand. He started kicking  around and then just fell down and breathed in the salty air. He would grabbed handfuls of  sand and let it fall through his fingers. He had the look people get when they open their birthday present times ten. He started laughing and running towards the water. Isaac and I raced after him. When the water got to our ankles Isaac ran back screaming "It's SO COLD!" I kept running. Emanuel was in to his chest and was looking around in awe. We both floated there for a moment. Then we got slammed in the back by a big wave. We came up sputtering with my family laughing on the shore. We swam back and he explained that how after the 2 months in America before he came to stay with my family He didn't see anything that reminded him of home. Until this beach. It still seemed like a pretty extreme reaction. But the more I thought about it. It seemed less extreme and more rational. Not only was he away from home for over 2 months but he was across the world where everything was different. I thought of the feeling when we got home from Morro Bay. That was only a week in the same state, away from home. So it must have been hard for him, two months across the globe where everything is different. But when he saw the beach he felt like he was home. Those few minutes paved the way for a fun day at the beach.