if some lives form a perfect circle...
...others take shape in ways we cannot predict or always understand.
Loss has been a part of my journey.
But it has also shown me what is precious.
So has a love for which I can only be grateful.

To all the ships at sea, and all the ports of call.

To my family, and to all friends and strangers.

This is a message and a prayer.

The message is that my travels taught me a great truth.

I already had what everyone is searching for and few ever find: The one person in the world Who I was born to love forever.

A person like me, of the Outer Banks and blue Atlantic mystery.

A person rich in simple treasures, self-made, self-taught.

A harbor where I am forever home.

And no wind or trouble Or even a little death can knock down this house.

The prayer is that everyone in the world can know this kind of love, and be healed by it. 

If my prayer is heard, then there will be an erasing of all guilt, and all regret, and an end to all anger.

Please God.

Amen.