Tag: Lifestyle Changes
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Bahamas Vacation 2024 – Part SIX…
South Florida – I have many memories of my multiple times living in South Florida. Some from my younger years and some from my adult years spanning multiple decades. And these memories bring to light the many highs and the many lows that I have experienced. So, this time of year in South Florida it…
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Bahamas Vacation 2024 – Part FIVE…
Return Crossing – The return crossing is the opposite of the crossing to get to the Bahamas. Aso, the return crossing does not require stopping at the Bahamas customs office in West End, Grand Bahama. The journey from our island home to South Florida will be a non-stop trip. And the time it can take…
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Elementary Interview…
When something odd happens to you as a young boy, you never really forget that oddity. After moving to Phoenix, Arizona without much notice from my mom, I think I became more aware of what was going on around me, even at my young age. And I did question my mom many times about how…
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Holidays Shared…
You might think I am talking about just the December holidays. Well, this year it was going to be a bit different. My best friend and his family being Jewish meant that I was about to experience something very new. And very different. Since his family basically adopted me and my mom, including my mom’s…
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Bahamas Vacation 2024 – Part FOUR…
The Boat – We have been bringing the Grandparent’s boat over to the island for several years now. And I will note that vacationing in the islands with your own boat has many advantages. Before bringing the Grandparent’s boat over to the island for vacation, Granddad would arrange to rent or borrow a boat so…
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Bahamas Vacation 2024 – Part THREE…
The Island – Green Turtle Cay is only about one mile wide at its widest point and about three miles long. It sets directly on the Atlantic Ocean so in the morning we look directly eastward. At night, we can see so many stars, and sometimes it is so clear that we can see star…
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I Discovered The Moon…
Have you ever had that experience of extreme excitement in your youth when you discover something new for the first time. You know What I mean, that goose bumps moment. This recalled memory is of the day when I had one of those moments. It is morning recess at my new school. I remember standing…
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Bahamas Vacation 2024 – Part TWO…
The Crossing – Our island trip consists of several days of traveling adventures before we can relax in the islands, those being our travel day to South Florida and crossing day to the Bahamas which is day one of our vacation. And when vacation is over, we then make the journey back from the Bahamas…
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Bahamas Vacation 2024 – Part ONE…
Travel Day – Every summer our family heads south for vacation in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and then over to the Abaco Islands in the Bahamas. Our daughter’s Grandparents have a beach house on Green Turtle Cay, Abaco. My wife and I designed the house in 2007 for them, and we were married on the island…
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Lunch At The Bunny’s Place…
Well, my birthday party this year was awesome. And after the party I now have more new friends and a new best friend. I think that this is the time in my life when I discovered what a best friend is and what an inseparable bond feels like. In life, you only get so many…