Comments on: What’s it like living on the beach? http://www.motherjungle.com/travel/whats-it-like-living-on-the-beach/2008/07 A mother in the jungle of Costa Rica gets to the heart of the matter of living in paradise and Down Syndrome. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 03:17:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Arp http://www.motherjungle.com/travel/whats-it-like-living-on-the-beach/2008/07#comment-2764 Arp Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:44:46 +0000 http://www.motherjungle.com/?p=436#comment-2764 It definitely is a NOW place. I really understand that now, looking back. When we were in Cahuita, I reasoned that maybe it wouldn't be the right place to live, with nothing but nature and hours to different cultural experiences. On coming back, all we can think of is ... the beach. Even landlubbing me. The beach, the sand, the water, the monkeys. The real question became <em>what kind of life do we want?</em> Our kids were happiest in Cahuita - hours on a beach suit them just fine. So does being surrounded by fascinating life everywhere. We've started packing up here (preparation, no timetable yet) and our son was deciding which toys can be shipped and which must come with us on the plane. He picked almost two suitcases worth of toys he couldn't spend a few weeks without - until we reminded him of how many toys we had for the 4 weeks we were there: one backpack's worth, with most of being arts & crafts supplies. And that he didn't play with many toys on the beach. The lightbulb went off in his head after that. It definitely is a NOW place. I really understand that now, looking back. When we were in Cahuita, I reasoned that maybe it wouldn’t be the right place to live, with nothing but nature and hours to different cultural experiences. On coming back, all we can think of is … the beach. Even landlubbing me. The beach, the sand, the water, the monkeys. The real question became what kind of life do we want? Our kids were happiest in Cahuita - hours on a beach suit them just fine. So does being surrounded by fascinating life everywhere.

We’ve started packing up here (preparation, no timetable yet) and our son was deciding which toys can be shipped and which must come with us on the plane. He picked almost two suitcases worth of toys he couldn’t spend a few weeks without - until we reminded him of how many toys we had for the 4 weeks we were there: one backpack’s worth, with most of being arts & crafts supplies. And that he didn’t play with many toys on the beach. The lightbulb went off in his head after that.

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