Today is the 1000th day since we left to go cruising. A few weeks ago I told Tim this landmark was coming up and that he should come up with a post about it. His "OK" was unenthusiastic, but I'm giving him some slack in the writing department these days since it's taking all his energy to deal with the intensity of that star around which we'll circle most of the way while here at Snead Island Boat Works. I told him I'd let him slide and I would do the post.
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| Leaving Oak Harbor October 19, 2013 |
I've been thinking a lot about those 1000 days in the past week. A landmark, certainly, but I felt no epiphany to mark it. The reality of it is that I can tell you in a thousand ways why going cruising has been the best thing that's happened to us because every one of those 1000 days has been a gift. We've had challenging days that taught us much, peaceful days on brilliant turquoise waters in the Abacos, days of gatherings with new cruising friends, days of weather that humbled us, stunningly perfect days of sailing, days filled with laughter and, recently, too many days filled with grief. But even the recent span of grief from our loss of three family members in nine months has left us realizing how glad we are that we did this. While we still had the time. Because none of us is promised a thousand days, and we cherish every one we've had.
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| Oriental, NC sunset while waiting for engine parts Nov 2013 |
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| The moon rising on our first overnight offshore run |
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| West End Bahamas on our first trip there Feb 2014 |
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| Working with the grandsons on the Floating Bear disaster June 2014 |
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| Return trip to the Bahamas March 2015 |
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| Watching an eclipse from the comfort of our V-berth September 2015 |
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| Road trip for Tim's dad's funeral October 2015 |
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| Sunset on the day my brother died February 2016 |
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| Storms that humbled us |
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| Beaches that amazed us |
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| Skies that took our breath away |
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| Anchorages that were perfect |
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| We've had friends to accompany us |
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| We've seen odd things... |
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| Funny things... |
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| Sad things... |
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| Scary things... |
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| Beautiful things... |
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| We've had things break... |
Written a book...
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| And wouldn't trade it for anything. |
