Ava's dad made me smile the other day.

I'll tell you why in just a moment.

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Hi, I'm Dave. I started walking for fitness in 2013. Still take an intentional fitness walk

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Ava's dad and stepmom live about a half mile from our house.

They moved from Maryland to Myrtle Beach before we did.

In fact, that's how we discovered this community.

Ava came down a few times to visit her dad.

And we were at the time in the process, thinking through where we might end up.

When we started this whole conversation about moving closer to the beach,

we were vacationing along the outer banks of North Carolina.

And while we loved our vacations there,

it just felt like to live there would probably not be as enjoyable because it didn't feel like a year-round community, and that's something that we both wanted.

Anyhow, Ava came down to visit her dad here in Myrtle Beach, stayed here a few times, fell in love with this community.

I came down. It was like, oh, yeah, yeah, this is what we're looking for. So the house we bought is a half mile from Ava's dad and we visit him from time

to time, Ava more so than me. The other day, Ava made some bread, took it over to give to her dad and her stepmom, opened the door.

I walked in, and I had been there in a few weeks.

I hadn't seen Mr. Lee, his dad, I hadn't seen Mr. Lee in a few weeks.

And he saw me and shook my hand and said, hi, David, how are you?

I answered the question, but on the inside, there was a big, big smile.

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