Life is Sailing

(from June 28, 2025)

“The more places you call home, the less any single place can define you. You start as a visitor, then you adapt, you blend in, you belong. But every time you leave, you take a piece of that place with you. Over time, your identity becomes fluid, shaped by cultures, not borders, no longer bound to one location, no longer the same person who first left. Home is no longer a place. It’s a mindset.” – post on Sailingelburro on Instagram

This is just beautiful to me! As we move around, I have seen this theory in myself and my family. We strive to be visitors for as short a time as possible and to enter a place of belonging for as long as possible. I’m honestly not sure I can say we ever blend in (haha!), but each place has changed us and become special to us. We bring tangible pieces with us in the forms of souvenirs, stories or people and events, and hearts that are bigger. Identities not defined by boundaries.

On the left is Annapolis, on the right is Hawaii. Across the Pacific Ocean and an entire continent. Different sailing cultures. Consistent love of the water and boats. God’s creation is beautiful.