We sail to experience the wonderment over the horizon.

Author Kim Stephens

Chapter 51: Weekend Break!

This week was another week of checking things off the list. And surgery. Yes, I finally had my carpal tunnel surgery on Wednesday. The early part of the week was pre op testing and working on some smaller projects: building… Continue Reading →

Chapter 47: Just a sailing groupie…

This summer it felt like everyone was a Swiftie! Parents, children, grandparents – you name it, they were trading bracelets and sharing pics of their concert attendance. This week I got to have my own groupie experience, sailing style!Cruisers University… Continue Reading →

Chapter 44: Road Trip!

We had a little time off Meraviglia this week to travel to Atlanta. As many of you know, Nick LOVES soccer and has been enjoying playing with a variety of teams since he has been In Atlanta. Unfortunately, he tore… Continue Reading →

Chapter 41: When Your Parents are Very Cool, Actually

Special from Katharine Stephens: Okay, okay, it’s finally time for the other child’s perspective. Ever since Nick volunteered to write a post for this blog last month, my mom started asking me when I was writing mine, even though I… Continue Reading →

Chapter 40: A Light at the End of the Tunnel

Merriam Webster describes a light at the end of the tunnel as a noun phrase defined as a reason to believe that a bad situation will end soon or that a long and difficult job will be finished soon. This… Continue Reading →

Chapter 37: Patience is a virtue…

So we continue to move forward through the enormous list of tasks needed to ready Meraviglia to launch.  Happily some of our projects on our list have been getting accomplished:  PHEW!  Bob was the lead and I assisted as we… Continue Reading →

Chapter 33: In the words of my mother, “It could always be worse…”

My mother, Darlene was diagnosed with osteomyelitis when she was young after taking a bad fall roller skating. She had to endure many surgeries and underwent long hospitalizations in Philadelphia. When all was said and done, she ended up with… Continue Reading →

Chapter 31: Daily life aboard a “project” boat…

Sun, sea, sailing, and sundowners every night.  Isn’t that what Youtube says liveaboard life will be like???  The reality on a “project boat” like Meraviglia looks very different.  Well, except for the sun.  We get a lot of burning hot… Continue Reading →

Chapter 29: Wanderlust

Dictionary.com defines wanderlust as a strong, innate desire to rove or travel about. I have been thinking a lot about that word, family history, and the impact of genetics. As I have shared in a previous blog, Nick and Gabby… Continue Reading →

Chapter 25- Can you hear me now??!!

Embracing a lifestyle without a set homebase or community required a lot of consideration and reflection.  Bob and I love spending time with our children, our family and friends. We both have worked in helping professions all of our lives… Continue Reading →

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