I have a vivid memory from a few years ago that remains etched in my heart. We were on one of our frequent family getaways to the Oregon Coast, the air thick with that familiar, salty mist. I watched from the beach as my children raced across the cool, damp sand toward the Pacific, clutching their bright plastic buckets. Their mission was as simple as it was ambitious: put the ocean in their bucket! With all the fierce determination only a child can muster, they plunged their buckets into the...