Near us on Sunset Beach – Bird Island – sits the “KINDRED SPIRIT” mailbox –
a 2 1/2 mile walk from the pier South toward the sanctuary of dunes and marshland.
A HIPPIE and his girlfriend carried a mailbox and pole down the beach some 40 or 50 years ago.
Here – up on a dune above the tide line – they dug a hole and inserted the pole and the mailbox
and named THE KINDRED SPIRIT MAILBOX with a ledger and pen or pencil inside –
people would hike the deserted beach and leave their thoughts written down on the ledger.
Now all these years later and many new mailboxes and posts later –
two benches have been added – a large piece of driftwood sits on top of the sand dune with a metal plaque honoring both of these people.
And to this day – me included – I have sat there and put a note in the current notebook journal.
I was told that those journals have been collected and donated to a museum –
All these years – THE KINDRED SPIRIT MAILBOX represents the hopes and dreams
all started by a HIPPIE and GIRLFRIEND!
A mother ( Sherry ) and her two daughters (Debby and Tammy) are so alike – generations –
Sherry – from Mount Jewett, Pa. – A Swedish community settled in the 1800’s.
Both daughters followed us to NVA from NYS – and remained in NVA with their families.
Both helped their mother form TEAM GENERATIONS – which is her Juice Plus Team –
For over 18 years teaching health and nutrition through healthy eating.
Now passing that down through the six grandchildren –
thus forming “TEAM GENERATIONS” for future families to come.
Our final home – this being the third one we have built and now in Ocean Isle Beach –
CAMERON WOODS COMMUNITY –
Situated on the mainland side of the ICW –
We are four miles to OIB and six miles to Sunset Beach.
Eight miles to the border of N.C. and S.C.
A thirty minute drive to North Myrtle Beach and a fifthteen minute drive to Shallotte and Calabash.
We also are in the middle of over 30 golfcourse within 1/2 hour drive.
Our dream has come true!
Before Sarah – Maddy and Ella – now 23 and 20 years old.
Ella is in her Junior year of college –
Playing soccer all three years and captain this past year.
Maddy played all four years and captain her senior year.
Ella will have two degrees when finished –
Maddy graduated with a Enviomental Science degree and is now employed in one of the largest environment firms in the country as a Gelogist-Scientist!
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PAPA’S WORLD – YEARS OF MEMORIES.