A few days ago I was on the beach with my husband. We had played in the ocean for about an hour and finally took a break back on our towels when an old man with a kierie and (what was clearly) his daughter and son-in-law.
They first stood in the shallow end and his daughter took his kierie he then grabbed it and plonked it into the water defiantly. He then shuffled with kierie and unsure strides into the surf. His daughter was clucking around him and then finally when he was in up to his middle he finally sent his daughter back to the beach with the kierie. While her back was turned he made a beeline for deeper waters.
I could actually see how he changed from this old man barely able to walk to a giddy child. It was beautiful.
