Goodbye Florida.

Goodbye Florida.

(loosely based on the classic children's book: Goodnight Moon)

In the sunshine land

There was a beach

And skin that's tanned

And an ocean with-

Waves rolling onto the sand

And there were bronzed lifeguards sitting in chairs

And surfers in water

And air that's hotter

And a large swimming pool

And sprinklers that drool

And a toad and a lizard and big buzzing bees

And thunderstorms with rain and lightning for all to see

Goodbye land

Goodbye sand

Goodbye waves rolling onto the sand

Goodbye ocean

And skin that's tanned

Goodbye lifeguards

Goodbye chairs

Goodbye water

Goodbye air that's hotter

Goodbye toad

Goodbye Beach Road

Goodbye pool

Goodbye sprinklers that drool

Goodbye forest fire

Goodbye lizard

Goodbye broken BOB tire

Goodbye bees

Goodbye thunderstorms with rain and lightning for all to see

Goodbye beach

Goodbye smokey air

Goodbye Floridians everywhere

As I am saying my final goodbye to Florida, I am reminiscing on our time here. There are many things that I will miss: the sand, the ocean, the constant sunshine to name a few. There are some things I'm happy to leave: the smokey air, the afternoon heat, the bugs. More than anything, I am thankful for the time we had down here to grow as a family and to learn things about ourselves that we didn't know before. It was the trip of a lifetime, but it's time to go now. And I simply CANNOT wait to get back to my beautiful state of Minnesota.