An Oceanic Expense

Sitting on the luxuriously soft, white sand, the waves lapping at my feet, with a thin layer of crystallized salt covering my body, basking in the warmth of the sun is where I would love to be right now. From the time I was little, Magen's Bay in St. Thomas, USVI has been somewhat of a second or third home to me. When I was a baby, my mother would take me down to the beach to meet up with a group of other mothers and their young children to play. As I grew older, I attended summer church and soccer camps down at the beach and had many birthday parties there. As I continue to grow older still, I love just sitting on the sand with my friends, or alone, maybe with my skimboard next to me, on the shoreline of this flat and glorious beach. Magen's is one place I can go that I know I will be able to de-stress at any time; I can just sit and reflect on my life or anything that is going one. I can be completely occupied, or set my mind completely free. It has always been that there was a fee for admittance to the beach, with locals being free, but today they have realized they can raise the prices with the popularity of the beach. Today, although locals are still cheaper than tourists, the money still adds up and is a very discouraging factor. Either the prices should be lowered, or any fee to access the beach should be terminated. Magen's Bay was a big part of my childhood, and will continue to be a big part of my life, and I don't want to have to have money being the sole factor for my absence from it. This beach has been a part of my life since my beginning of time, and I hope that I can keep it as a big part of my life until my end.