Enough

Happy as a clam snorkeling off Norman Island in the British Virgin Islands.

This is a lovely post I grabbed off of Facebook. It didn't have a specific author that I could see, so I'm just re-posting this as I found it.

It was inspired by an elderly woman saying goodbye to her daughter in the airport. She wished her daughter "I wish you enough." And the daughter responded in kind.

Upon asking the woman about their tearful departure and the words they exchanged, the woman explained that she knew that was the final goodbye with her daughter...

And the part about wishing someone enough? This is what that meant:

I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright. 
I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more. 
I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive. 
I wish you enough pain so that the smallest joys in life appear much bigger. 
I wish you enough gain to satisfy your wanting. 
I wish you enough loss to appreciate all that you possess. 
I wish enough "Hellos" to get you through the final "Good-bye.."

I so get that. Until you are there for the final moments of someone's life - be it a friend, family-member or even your beloved dog or cat, you just cannot understand the value of having "enough."

Being wealthy is fine and dandy, but being lonely? There's no amount of money that can fill that void.

Money is grand, but when you have all the money in the world, but cannot make your Mom or Dad any younger or you cannot cure the cancer that is killing your best friend? Money suddenly is dumb.

There have been a lot of losses in my realm in the last few years. Grandparents, young friends, old friends, dogs, cats that were my friends...It just sucks. I was just crying because two of my Auntie's cats passed away in the last few months. I adored both of them.

So, for today, not a lot to say except that all I want is enough for you, for me, for anyone who is going through a tough time (which seems to be rampant right now).

I just want to live a good life and be happy. I don't need fancy or complicated. I surely don't need or want drama.

I just want a good life. Good food. Health. The ability to travel on occasion. The ability and wherewithal to work, heal my hurts and make a little money.

Hope this post finds you well.

Ciao for now.

xoxo

Happy as a clam again playing in my garden last summer in Alaska!

Snorkeling at Norman Island

Most of the time when we go on vacation, we intend to do more than just lay there like big blobs on the beach. We have grand plans of going on a day trip here or there, to go snorkeling or fishing or visit another island. However, once we arrive at our vacational home base -wherever that may be - we have always just ended up blobbing on the beach. We swim, we will snorkel, but mostly it's the blobbing we do.

THIS time, we actually DID something!!! I'm so proud of us!

We totally blobbed on our first full day there - at a most glorious beach called Smuggler's Cove. There is white sand, a couple of reefs for snorkeling, and, most importantly, there are two VERY small beach bars that also serve food! What more could anyone need? Will post pictures of Smuggler's Cove tomorrow.

Today's post will be about the very nice snorkeling trip we took out to Norman Island. There were 4 other vacationers on the boat, along with the captain and a dive master. Two of the other people on the boat were also going to dive aside from snorkeling.

There were three stops in this day trip - one at a place called the Indians (big rocks that look like a headdress), one at these neat caves, and then the last stop in an area called Angelfish Reef. Here are some of the critters from the first location:





Here I am looking rather pleased! I do love the water!

The second stop had a series of three caves. Each had its own distinct set of animals. Really quite interesting. Here are the photos from the caves:





The last stop didn't really have anything notable other than this big barracuda!They are so menacing-looking with those big teeth!

After snorkeling on and off for a few hours, we then ventured over to a very famous restaurant/bar called Willy T's to have a nice lunch! It's built on a barge that looks like an old pirate ship. Very cool!

Ahhh, the good life!