I am reading The Voyage of the Northern Magic by Diane Stuemer - again. Whenever I think of an adventure I think of this family who sailed around the world for four years with their young family. Diane and her husband had a ‘wake up’ call in their late thirties and decided that they had to do something different with their lives. Within a year they had sold their business, rented their house and bought a boat that they learned to sail on the Ottawa river!
Being stuck on a boat in such close proximity with my family is not something that I would do but I have thought of the story many times during the last several years. This is an average Canadian family who did something that anyone could do if they wanted to. What would an adventure be for you? Moving to Qatar for four years which my sister’s friend in Okotoks just did with her family? What these families are doing is BUILDING MEMORIES, they are daring to do something completely different for awhile.
Here is a humorous quote from the retirement home, posted in the lounge where we had happy hour twice a week:
“The Secret to a Long Life?
1. Never travel to any place you haven’t been before
2. Never stay up past 8 p.m.
3. Always go to bed alone,
4. Never drink another Martini.
Follow these simple rules and you still may not live forever…but it’ll sure seem like forever.”
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