"In Waves" by Elaine Thomas

 – swells of anxiety and appreciation on the tides of time

A childhood escape from danger resonates with lessons born of the rhythms of life and the ocean.

Elaine Thomas lives in Wilmington, NC, and is a member of the Wilmington Write to Publish group. Her work has appeared in numerous literary journals and magazines, including The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature, moonShine Review, Blue Mountain Review, and Pembroke Magazine. She won the North Carolina Writers’ Network 2018 Rose Post Creative Nonfiction Competition. A retired college communications professional, Thomas also holds an M.Div. from Duke Divinity School and now works with New Hanover Regional Medical Center as an on-call hospital chaplain.