It’s rather unfortunate, given how much I love the ocean, that a hot red rash spreads across my entire body within seconds of stepping into it. My skin starts to mottle. I may as well be wearing a lacy fishnet body suit. Lake water, sea water, river or ocean. It happens every time. I’m resolved to it now. I brace myself. Let the water rush over me. Love every second I’m in it. Hate every second I itch. Know it will pass.