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The sun was just beginning to rise over the horizon, painting the water red and gold. I smiled, squeezing Steve\u2019s hand in mine. The scene was breathtaking. Watching the sunrise on the beach was the perfect way to start our honeymoon<\/a>\u2014our second honeymoon.<\/p>\n

Steve and I had been together for 24 years before we separated. At that point, divorce had seemed the only solution<\/a> to resolving our differences. Though not everyone in my life felt that way. \u201cI know you two will get back together,\u201d one of my friends had said after the divorce papers were signed.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat will never<\/em> happen,\u201d I\u2019d scoffed.<\/p>\n

Well, never say never!<\/p>\n

Three years after the divorce, our children wanted to throw me a big party for my fiftieth birthday. Of course they wanted to invite their father. I agreed. The split had been amicable, after all. But I surprised myself with how much I enjoyed his company at the party. I realized how right we seemed together. How much I\u2019d missed him. How much I still loved him.<\/p>\n

We started seeing each other more frequently, spending time together, just talking freely without old hurts and defensiveness getting in the way. After some deep soul searching and prayer, we decided to give \u201cus\u201d another shot.<\/p>\n

We remarried in a small ceremony with only our grown children in attendance. Afterward, Steve and I took off to our favorite spot, Cape May, New Jersey. We had vacationed there with our family going back 20 years. It felt like a return to old times\u2026but different too.<\/p>\n

As the sun rose on our first full day, I prayed that Steve and I would get everything right this time, and for good. We walked along the shoreline, our feet in the water. We weren\u2019t walking for long when I spotted something in the sand, just out of reach of the waves. It was a seashell!<\/a> A whelk with a shiny, smooth interior. It was unlike anything I\u2019d ever seen on this beach before. I was used to finding clam, oyster and mussel shells in the past. Nothing this big. And the shell was perfect\u2014no chips or imperfections.<\/p>\n

\u201cLook!\u201d cried Steve, pointing. Just a few feet away was another whelk shell. Like the first, it was whole and unblemished but a little smaller and pinkish in color, in contrast to the other shell, which was larger and darker. But they seemed like they belonged together. A perfect match. We took them back to our room, amazed at our find.<\/p>\n

The next morning, we got up early and hurried out to the beach to catch the sunrise<\/a> again. \u201cWhat if we find more shells today?\u201d Steve asked, teasing.<\/p>\n

I laughed. \u201cThat will never<\/em> happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

Well, never say never!<\/p>\n

We strolled in the opposite direction that morning, toward the cove, the early morning sun warming our backs. We had been walking for only a few minutes when I saw them up ahead. I blinked in disbelief. Two perfectly formed whelk shells. As we got closer, I could see that they closely resembled the pair we\u2019d found the day before\u2014one larger and dark in color and the other smaller and pinkish, just a few feet apart.<\/p>\n

I stood there, stunned. The probability that they were there in the first place, that Steve and I had been the beachcombers who found them\u2014two sets of shells\u2014on the honeymoon of our second marriage was\u2026well, infinitesimal.<\/p>\n

But I don\u2019t believe in coincidences<\/a>. I know it was a sign that Steve and I were on the right track. And whenever I look at the whelk shells that sit in our happy home, I\u2019m reminded of love and second chances. And to never say never!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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