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1 " Here, we told ourselves, was where we would begin again. "
― Kim Brown Seely
2 " And now the boys, with both of them leaving, had turned our lives upside down; their presence had become the wind in our sails; their departure blowing away our moorings as effortlessly as a wind shakes leaves from a tree, scattering everything we thought we knew, leaving an emptiness unlike any I'd ever known, waiting to be filled.With what? I wondered. I didn't know.I didn't know what next, what there could possibly be that would invest our lives with as much meaning. "
3 " We were both standing together outside ourselves; no one knew us or cared what we did, what successes we'd had, what failures. "
― Kim Brown Seely , Uncharted: A Couple's Epic Empty-Nest Adventure Sailing from One Life to Another
4 " Sometimes, you just have to point your heart toward something to move on. "
5 " In setting off on our sailboat...just the two of us, we'd pay attention to the shape of the journey. After we said goodbye to our sons, we'd embrace these weeks of adventure, putting all our chips on wildness. We figured a sailing expedition would allow us the time and distance to sort out our lives at this juncture... "
6 " I'd never been a practical person. I had a way of falling in love with ideas -- romantic notions of places, concepts of things.... I craved contemplation...and much preferred searching out other people's motives to examining my own. "
7 " Even the act of cooking had become a way to secure a place in my son's heart. I was sending him out the door with a piece of me. "
8 " He'll always remember the year his mom made him eggs and hash browns for breakfast," my husband might say sweetly."Thanks, honey," I'd reply, wondering what on earth would get us out of bed the next year when both the boys were gone. "
9 " A shipshape boat is a matter of character. In our case, it was also two people trying to hedge their bets against chaos, disintegration, and disaster. "
