In the sailing world, people like to remind you that a “Sailor’s plans are written in the sand at low tide.” This sentiment is 100% true but it’s one that I, as a planner, have struggled with at various times in our boat journey. My latest struggle happened during our October transition period between island […]
I’d like to take you back in time to 1997…I was eight years old living in Chelsea with my parents and siblings. My parents got involved in this community effort called TimberTown, where they helped build an amazing wooden playground about a mile from our house. The preparation took months but the structure was built
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We arrived in Michigan near midnight on Thursday, April 18. Our first stop was the storage unit where we had stored our beloved VW station wagon. The big question on our minds was, “Would she start?” We should have never underestimated that German engineering. She fired up on the first try! Things were coming up
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Once Alaya was safely tucked away at the Safe Harbor marina in Stuart, Florida, we headed across the state. Our destination was the Fort Myers area, on Florida’s gulf coast. We planned to stay for a few days with Lucas’ Uncle Joe and Aunt Melissa in their beautiful home. As a bonus, Grandma Nancy and
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Moving out of our home of the last nine years was a huge physical and emotional undertaking. It was a great house. We started our marriage there; we closed on the house the day before our wedding. We loved and lost our golden retriever, Maggie, there; she passed away in October 2021 at almost 15
This is the year. The year that we will uproot our lives and careers, move onto a sailboat and sail to wherever the wind takes us. Before we can start planning our beach adventures, there is a lot of work to do, including small things like selling our house and launching the boat. I quit
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