Return to the Sea

Chapter 7 -- A Talk with Mom

Anthony took his mother's hands as they sat at the kitchen table in the sun and he told her how he had found himself swimming longer and longer in the ocean, and how it had given him renewed strength and perseverance. He told her how he had designed the barge for overnight "camping" at sea. Her obvious incredulity had the effect of quickening the meter of Anthony speech, as if to prevent her from interjecting before he had a chance to impart ...