Saturday, November 3, 2012

Sea-sickness Is Ugly

    My family and I traveled to Nevada once. One day we were lucky enough to go boating on Lake

Tahoe and my sons were very excited about our upcoming excursion. Once we got out on the water it

was beautiful and amazing and suddenly very windy. We were caught up in swells that were coming

over the front of our boat. All of us were a little nervous, except for my son Drew. We were being

tossed about as if we were the S.S. Minnow but Drew had his hands in the air as if he were on an

exciting roller coaster ride. His twin brother on the other hand was holding on for dear life with both

hands telling me he feels sick. I tell him it’s okay because I feel like vomiting, too. Adam also tells

me that I need to make Drew hold on a little better because he is worried about him. Ah, love. When

we are able to make it back to the dock and get our feet on dry, unmoving land I started to feel a little

better. Adam does not feel any better, not until he does vomit over the side of the dock. He and I take

our sea-sickness pills, the ones I forgot in our van as we embarked on our thrill ride of the lake, and I

hope this will help us even though it is after the fact. Drew wants to get a boat now; Adam has no

desire to ever boat again in his entire life. It’s our differences that make us interesting.

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