When I watched The Love Boat as a child, I dreamed about going on a cruise. . . I wanted my name to be Diane, and I wanted to be thirteen years old, and I wanted my hair to feather like Julie (the Activities Director), and I really wanted to be an entertainer on the ship, like a magician or dancer. . . But celebrating my birthday with the most handsome, witty, funny, intelligent, Christ-like man I know was much better than my original dream!
"Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be, the last of life, for which the first was made. Our times are in his hand who saith, 'A whole I planned, youth shows but half; Trust God: See all, nor be afraid!'” -Robert Browning
The water in Cozumel was the bluest I've seen. . .
We didn't really play the slot machines on the cruise ship, but they make excellent photo props! Our ship was 15 stories high and the length of 3 football fields. It was like a floating Hilton-- or a small city.
We took pics in the stage area one night so I could be the star of the show (below, left). The cuisine offered during the formal, black-tie dinners on the ship was magnifiscent-- lobster, escargot, crab, filet mignon, roasted duck, delicious! We also enjoyed the exquisite delicacies served at afternoon tea during our days at sea. A four-piece orchestra played Beethoven & other favorites in the background while JD & I spoke in British accents; I felt like I was in a Jane Austen novel with my dear Mr. Knightley.
My husband has Caribbean Sea-Blue Eyes.
We went four-wheeling in the jungles of Jamaica. . .
We went swimming with the stingrays in the Grand Cayman Islands.
And we were almost taken hostage by pirates!
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"Jonah and the Pirates of the Caribbean"
Fall 2007