10 Years, 12 Nights, 6 Hotels, ONE LOVE - April 2012 Trip Report

[Clarity]

loving the continued family meeting and exploration! I know you had me in tears and also sort of gasping in your previous report with how your brother's dream, you meeting a cousin at Grand Pineapple (when does that ever happen!), and your experiences in Jamaica just made this kaleidoscopic configuration. Plus just the synchronicity and love behind the whole thing shredded me. I guess it must be what I secretly wish for my family, but you got it, and rocked it. (ok getting cheesy here but I mean it). Daisy, your story is so incredible. i hope you make an entire compilation. I will volunteer edit it if you want to publish.

Aww, thanks Irieworld. I was moved by what you just wrote. Thank you for reading and caring. I don't think our ramblings are coherent enough to ever be publishable, but I really do appreciate the compliment! Hearing that people enjoy what we're writing really motivates us to keep sharing our experiences. I plan on printing it all out when we're finished and putting it in a folder for our future children to read when they are adults. Hopefully it will push them to travel to Jamaica and have their own adventures.

[Clarity]

Mavmaiden – That's so awesome that you're first trip to Negril will be this December.. You're going to love it! There is no such thing as a “true boardie” or “the real thing”. The minute you arrive at Seastar, you'll see what I mean. I kind of had similar feelings my first time. I felt like everyone else had such a history together and that I wouldn't be accepted. I realized right away, that this is not the case. Everyone is so warm, open and inviting. Trust me. You'll feel at home in no time!

Our dream is to make it back to Negril in December. It really depends on a lot of circumstances. It doesn't look like it's in the stars for us right now. But you never know

If we DO find a way to celebrate New years in Jamaica, I really hope to meet you!!

[ralonzo29]

Mavmaiden – That's so awesome that you're first trip to Negril will be this December.. You're going to love it! There is no such thing as a “true boardie” or “the real thing”. The minute you arrive at Seastar, you'll see what I mean. I kind of had similar feelings my first time. I felt like everyone else had such a history together and that I wouldn't be accepted. I realized right away, that this is not the case. Everyone is so warm, open and inviting. Trust me. You'll feel at home in no time!

Our dream is to make it back to Negril in December. It really depends on a lot of circumstances. It doesn't look like it's in the stars for us right now. But you never know

If we DO find a way to celebrate New years in Jamaica, I really hope to meet you!!

Played lotto tonight keep fingers crossed

[mavmaiden]

Mavmaiden – That's so awesome that you're first trip to Negril will be this December.. You're going to love it! There is no such thing as a “true boardie” or “the real thing”. The minute you arrive at Seastar, you'll see what I mean. I kind of had similar feelings my first time. I felt like everyone else had such a history together and that I wouldn't be accepted. I realized right away, that this is not the case. Everyone is so warm, open and inviting. Trust me. You'll feel at home in no time!

Our dream is to make it back to Negril in December. It really depends on a lot of circumstances. It doesn't look like it's in the stars for us right now. But you never know

If we DO find a way to celebrate New years in Jamaica, I really hope to meet you!!

Thanks, Clarity/Daisy!! I would truly love to meet you if y'all somehow manage to make it in December. This trip is my 50th birthday present to myself (day after Christmas baby) and the wait until December is going to kill me. I need to stop reading the board-- it makes me so fired up about Negril that the clock is ticking far too slowly!

I'm lovin' your trip report. You are a very eloquent and thoughtful writer (and funny, too). Your latest post about the day you met your family members is so touching. I hope it's in the stars someday for you to move to the island. If not now...maybe down the road. I can't imagine how nervous you were, but oh what a wonderful day!