Wes, I'm sorry for your loss. Michele often posted not only her questions but cautionary tales of mishaps and accidents. I'm sorry that you and she couldn't make it happen.

Susie and I are enjoying this year aboard Gratitude, happy that we have good health and the means to do it. Even then, I see that the night passages require more bounce-back time than they used to. That is a reminder that the clock is ticking. I like the slogan of the Portobello Restaurant in Puerto Escondido (Baja, Mexico).... "Enjoy the life. This is not a rehearsal."

I hope you get a chance to carry on and fulfill what you and Michele had hoped for, at some level anyway.