Went to see the fireworks in Seaside Heights NJ

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21. South Jersey is simply gorgeous!

People who have not been here have no idea. I know many people here are not religious, but I am, in a spiritual (don’t go to church but pray in nature) kind of way. I was raised in a strict Catholic upbringing, but when our own local priest was outed as a pedophile, and I knew some of the boys (now adults) and knew they were telling the truth, and saw what this supposedly religious community did to them, I could no longer support the church. Still, I believe in God and often see the beauty in South Jersey nature and feel God around me, surrounding me, speaking to me. I’m right in the heart of the Pine Barrens, a miracle of nature in itself. When I leave, I will always treasure the sights, smells, and sounds that exist nowhere else on earth.