Life is Sailing

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I am a woman who loves beauty and fun. I sail, read, play games, learn instruments (piano, flute, ukulele, tin whistle, Scottish drums, harmonica), hike, sing, Pickleball, explore, and write. My greatest joy is playing or exploring with my five children and husband. My greatest peace is at the piano or sailing. At the center and surrounding it all is my Savior Jesus Christ.

A Day on the Water

(July 26, 2025… yes, another one about sailing ;-)

A day on the water, slicing the waves. I had never been on a brand new boat until today. She sailed beautifully! We spoke to her, the skipper and I. The other crew sailed on her, but the skipper and I, we spoke to her. There is a connection with the sea, a riding of the waves and the wind, that connects me to God’s creation. I cannot His nature. He is too powerful for that, but He allows us to engage with it and play with it. White sails filling with the wind pulling us through the water.

“You have a way when you’re on tiller, feeling as one with the boat. We call it the ‘zen’.” My heart surged. The highest compliment! This was my stated goal from my last class at one of my previous harbors. It is not perfect; I do not always act as one with the boat… I am not always in the state of flow, the ‘zen.’ But this unity, working together to glide across the waters, is what I seek as I sail. It is beauty.

Unity: it is what many of us yearn for in this finite life.

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