Sol y Mar: January 2012

My topic of passion proposal is called Sol y Mar, when translated into english means sun and sea. My passions in life are focused around this concept and from this I am able to explore and learn about myself as time progresses.

Sol y Mar

Passion is a strong emotional feeling that sometimes is unbearable or uncontrollable, it is what I call Sol y Mar. Sol y Mar is translated to sun and sea, and these two things together are my passion. There is nothing more beautiful to me that watching the sun touch the Pacific Ocean and make it sparkle so brilliantly. Sol y Mar creates my story of life, and all that I love. From being a child to adult the sun and sea has never changed, it’s always where I left it and I can rely on it to do the same thing everyday. It is constant yet calming, Sol y Mar is my passion my unbearable emotion.

Reflecting on my background I think of all the happy times my family would go camping during summer vacation at the beach. Growing up was spent traveling to the beach, my father was an avid waterman which caused my siblings and me to be “water babies” we loved it. Countless memories and smiles we had during those times. Being the daughter of a waterman, surfing and fishing, deep-sea fishing was a must. I remember going out of Oceanside harbor watching the seals pop their heads up for a breath. I would sleep in the boat and I would hear the sloshing of water hitting the painted wood. Waking up to my dad yelling “HOOK UP” and jumping up to see how big the fish he caught was. These memories make my passion Sol y Mar more than just words but my life. Sitting on the deck of the boat I would lay in the sun, I would look out for miles and not see anything but ocean blue, no land, just the sun in the sky and the water in the sea. It was beautiful and being that far out and feeling that small was special, an emotion that has to be felt to comprehend. Now every time I look out at that ocean I feel every memory and experience I shared with my father because that is where his ashes are spread in my Sol y Mar.

Experiences make us who we are, and help us find what we love. Throughout my life the sun and sea has met me in very special places. When I was camping on May 10th 2010 at San Elijo State beach I got engaged to my best friend. My husband James asked me to marry him at my most favorite campground where I grew up where I had memories with my dad. The day after we took our engagement photos there and 5 months later got married at the same campground. I have had my most special and sacred memories on that beach. During the wedding ceremony at the moment of telling each other our vows I remember it, still, the only things I could hear was my heart beating and the waves crashing. I knew that my vows were promises not only to James but also to that majestic moment that I experienced. For that I am forever grateful to the sun and sea. The timeline shortly after the wedding led us to mainland Mexico, to a small quaint beach town, called Hualtuco, which is a beautiful place. We spent seven days there soaking in the sun and water, snorkeling, fishing, boat, and laying in a raft floating with the current. What better place could I have been, it was a perfect to trip to be with all the things that I love. Reality happens and I had t go back to work, but every break mid morning, I walk out side and just bake in that sun because I need it.

Living in Oceanside I have a small beach house with my husband. Looking around I see three surfboards, countless numbers of photos that are of the ocean, and of our lives. We live with all of our favorite things surrounding us, but if we didn't have any thing, not one possession we still would find happiness. I can say that the sand and water is where we would be. The ocean is all we need, the pure smell of the salty air, and breeze that chills the small of your back is good enough. At the end of every day the sun sets, there is real science to this happening, but I believe that the sun melts into the ocean. When that sun is melting it can turn the sky neon pink, purple, and sometimes peach. The sky becomes a revelation of things to come, and that everything will be just fine. I know for me when I look out into a sunset I sometimes can see Heaven. When I see Heaven it has to be the right type of sunset where the sun shines on the rims of clouds and turns them gold. I feel that the gold rims are cracks into Heaven and I then feel that much close with my dad and so blessed that God has given me life, and love.

Sol y Mar, my passion is not just the actual idea of sun and water, but what those two simultaneously create to make me feel alive and blessed to be alive. The two have been a place where I can feel comfort and peace, wholeness, life, cheer, joy, and love. There is a special magnetism that the two and I have. I feel small when knowing its vast greatness, but I feel powerful in knowing that I am apart of it and it is apart of me through my childhood, to my special occasions and now in my daily life. I am so content in knowing that Sol y Mar is my passion and it is something that no matter what will always be around.

Sol y Mar

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