Growing Up On a Small Island In the North Sea

Harmony, boredom, forgotten dreams, and storm tides

Dietmar Rabich / Wikimedia Commons / “Norderney, Nordstrand — 2018–0900” / CC BY-SA 4.0

Picture this: A gorgeous sunset, the waves crashing against the sandy shore, walking among the dunes, and feeling a slight breeze in your hair.

No, it wasn’t like that where I grew up. On my little island in the North Sea, we don’t have dunes or sandy shores, and the breeze…