Once and Again

Once and Again

Author: Rebecca Serle Listening Length: 6h 49m

New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Serle, the author behind “heartbreaking, redemptive, and authentic” (Jamie Ford, New York Times bestselling author) modern classic In Five Years, returns with an unforgettable tale of a family of women with an astonishing gift: the ability to redo one moment in their lives. T...

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One week turns into two and then three, and by the time the rent check comes from West Hollywood, it’s been almost a month since I’ve been at the beach. A full four weeks of waking up at the ocean. Of dinners with my family. Of Stone and I falling back in a surf rhythm.

Most mornings we meet down on the sand before the sun is up. If one of us doesn’t show, the other will paddle out, and sometimes we find each other on the water.

I’m not back where I used to be, and I wouldn’t say surfing is like riding a bike, not exactly, but there’s a particular memory even if it isn’t necessarily a muscle one.

It’s a mental memory, maybe even an energetic memory.