Clarity

With our anniversary trip to Negril fast approaching, I wanted to share something personal that I wrote 8 years ago in my journal:


“When I was seventeen, I thought the minute you got married your life was set. Basically you become a mature adult, you have life figured out, everything is taken care of. Life becomes predictable and secure. I was weary of settling down too early because I wasn't too keen on losing the excitement of life...I decided that I was going to get ...

Just moving our Negril vacation videos over to my blog

Day 1-3 at the Grand Pineapple



Last 3 days at the Coco La Palm

It's the weekend, so we finally had some time to write more of our trip report...

DAY 4 – Leaving the Grand Pineapple

I woke up to the now familiar cry of a peacock. I lay in bed for a long moment just listening to all the sounds streaming in from our open window. The dogs barking in the distance, the birds chirping, the rustle of palm tree leaves, the sound of some of the staff speaking in patois to eachother.. I was really falling in love with this symphony of morning ...

It was 3:45 AM according to my wristwatch and I still couldn’t find Markus!*

He had been walking behind me and then he was gone! I called out to him and there was no response. I was surrounded by shacks nestled in the trees on the beach. I could see Roots Bamboo but I didn’t know where that was in relation to the Grand Pineapple. I didn't know whether to walk left or right. I felt disoriented and I kept tripping on the sand. I must have been pretty drunk because gravity wasn’t my ...

Day 2-* first morning in Jamaica*

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It sounded like a child yelling "MOP!!!" or a loud cat screaming out in pain.*

I woke up with a start from the startling sound and sat up straight disoriented.*

I heard it again, SO loudly and I looked around. I was in a room with bright yellow walls on a bed with tropical colored sheets. There was a large green window to the right of me with palm trees rustling outside. I could hear dogs ...