The tone of our sea days is set before we even step foot out of bed. We have this unspoken thing– the first person up always looks out the window. If it’s sunny, they wake up the next person. We stagger our wake ups so that we don’t argue over who gets to use the Read more
Six years, four months and one day ago, I started a blog to chronicle my family’s vacations. Six years, four months, and one day. 199 posts chronicling 16 trips that touched most major Caribbean islands and countries in Central America . A couple hundred thousand hits. I was 23, I think. A year or so Read more
It’s with the heaviest of hearts that I even have to make this post… Our dear, beloved grandma passed away peacefully last Friday morning. She was an extraordinary woman and her absence has left the largest of holes in our home, our lives and our hearts. It’s going to be a little while before I Read more
I guess I’ve kind of neglected this blog, huh. I won’t apologize to those who have left some not-so-nice messages about how I should just delete this all at this point because it’s my blog and my only intent with it all along was to chronicle my family’s journeys for my family. It’s been a Read more
We were in Antigua a few years ago. We went to visit Nelson’s Dockyard for a few hours and as we were leaving, I saw this man pick a coconut from a tree, he sat down, cracked it open and enjoyed it as he stared out onto the water. I’ve always been fascinated by how Read more
