On, July 12, 1975, it rained so hard at my childhood home, the streets flooded. It was George’s and my wedding day. Fifty years later, we are celebrating our wedding anniversary, on our Canal Boat in France and the rain won’t quit.

Our lives have included a roller coaster of twists and turns and ups and downs. The anchor has always been our daughters, their husbands, our grandchildren, and our extended family.

After retirement our love of exploring the world took us away from home most of the year. It made sense to sell our home, but this was an incredibly hard decision for me. George had designed and built this home and we had planned for it to be our “Forever Home”. I will never stop “missing” this home, but life poses difficult choices. A large family including a grandmother, husband and wife, and four children now live there and we wish them much joy and memories.

We now live on Ice Floe while sailing, our canal boat “Detour” in France, a small minivan while visiting family in the US, an apartment in my brother’s home in Florida and a beautiful home in Carriacou, while needing a bit of extended landlubber time,

Future blogs will not always be chronological. They will be about experiences we hope you will enjoy reading about and know we will enjoy revisiting.