Making Our Lists

So…we’ve said goodbye to our last company, Stephen and Beth from Houston.  Had a lovely week, reprising some of our favorite places we found this year (Peter Island, Gorda Sound, Sandy Spit, West End, Benures Bay) and enjoyed the beaching and snorkeling and some paddleboarding…(especially the snorkeling on Norman Island).  All good.  They’ve headed home, and this little ditty came to mind:

Oh, you better watch out

            (always a good thing to do when you’re sailing)

You better not cry

            (I don’t know why not on some days – thinking about a keel accident)

You better not pout

            (pouting is like complaining – what good will it do?)

I’m telling you why…

Marney and Dave will soon be headed home

They’re making their lists

            (several of them – the inventory, chores still to do, what to pack, what to leave)

Checking them twice

            (at least twice a day!)

Gonna find out

            (you keep asking yourself, what are we forgetting?)

What ropes to splice

            (among other final tasks, we have to replace a reefing line for the main sail)

Marney and Dave will soon be headed home

Each morning now, we wake up to the lists over the electric panel and the cabin doors.  

But we also look around the walls to other reminders:

The beauty here….

One conch shell came from our children
when they attended the Full Moon beach party at Trellis Bay in November;
the other was found on Cow Wreck Bay, Anegada

Momentos and gifts

 

A miniature "Wilson" from the movie Castaway (Tom Hanks),
printed on a tennis ball (Wilson brand), and
given by good friend and colleague Wilson...Gunn!

Family back home…

 

This is the special calendar we lived by, with pics of our grandchildren

There's nothing like children's art, some quite impressive!

And here's Alice the Ant, a favorite character
in the Wasserman grandchildren bedtime stories

 Here's a view of the galley that fed us so well!

Once we’re home, we’ll be ruminating and making that list of God’s insights from this time here.  It has been such a gift…such fun…

We’ve a several things to do, but hope to write one more time from here…

Until then,

Fair winds

Calm seas

Dave

We try to remember:

A bad day sailing is 100 times better than a good day at work      -- Anonymous

We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.     -- Bertha Calloway (African-American community activist and historian from North Omaha, Nebraska…she’s written about the African American cowboy and, obviously knows something core about sailing)