Lately I have begun to realize that Max, the youngest, has learned to read waves and know how to play in the surf. Max loves to be pushed about by the big waves and has learned to read the waves and know when he can stay in the water and when he should move away from the surf. It is a skill I am still learning. I hope that these lessons will permanently ingrain into his brain and become a reflex once he returns to the sea. He will return to the sea. He must.