Sailing Through Life: The unshakeable bond between human spirits

Con warned me on our third date that he planned to sail in his retirement. I fell hard for him anyway. Painfully, I’d learned the value of life when my first husband died suddenly, throwing me passionately into living life now. In the blink of an eye, Con and I were tossing off the lines in Finland, sailing into wild seas, and testing my courage. We were grounded in an ebbing tide; hit by lightning at sea; jibed during colliding weather systems; slept soundly “on the hook” in hurricane conditions; fended off thieves in the middle of the night; and robbed in Russia. We explored sites as old as dust; immerged into remote communities; sailed with dolphins and whales; and fallen in love with the people we met along the way. My pinch-me world begins to crumble as I come to terms with the meaning of home, and family. Hooked on the magic of sailing through life, I’m working through my fears, but there’s one fear remaining that I’m not able to control. Life and death revisit my world, and fate plays the final card. I won't fall over from life's challenges, they infuse my spirit.