Bluewater Walkabout: Into Africa, Finding Healing Through Travel is an uplifting and humorous memoir about my travels in and around Africa with my family aboard a sailboat. Things go horribly wrong much of the time, but I try to laugh as I cry at the same time.
The kids disappear for an entire day on the ocean, great white sharks threaten their safety, we lose valuables, somebody endures a knife attack and a thumb is sacrificed. And there's more.
During our wild adventures, long modes of travel offer time to reflect. The dark power of my hidden secrets pervade my health. But as I journey into developing nations, I begin to witness the definition of true suffering. Suddenly, my emotional pain from rape, sexual assault, and the loss of a child seem banal in comparison. I quickly reassess my personal reality until the awakening pulls me out of the darkness and back into the light.
Bluewater Walkabout: Into Africa, Finding Healing Through Travel is an uplifting and humorous memoir about my travels in and around Africa with my family aboard a sailboat. Things go horribly wrong much of the time, but I try to laugh as I cry at the same time.
The kids disappear for an entire day on the ocean, great white sharks threaten their safety, we lose valuables, somebody endures a knife attack and a thumb is sacrificed. And there's more.
During our wild adventures, long modes of travel offer time to reflect. The dark power of my hidden secrets pervade my health. But as I journey into developing nations, I begin to witness the definition of true suffering. Suddenly, my emotional pain from rape, sexual assault, and the loss of a child seem banal in comparison. I quickly reassess my personal reality until the awakening pulls me out of the darkness and back into the light.