May 10, 2012 Nassau

Thursday May 10, 2012

Leaving the Exumas this morning was tearful.  I knew I was leaving one of the most beautiful places I have ever been as well as heading for family and friends and a new beginning.  I will never be the same.  I feel like I have seen the other side, Heaven, although I will never forget God told me it get’s better.  I believe him.  God has put Fred in my path, a vessel of life, to show me his glorious creation.  This adventure has been like I have gone from the beginning to the present.  I have seen islands, millions of years old, it’s landscape and seas formed through time, making each as individual as we are, all beautiful, all special in their own way.  I see people living as if they were decades behind our standards and the acceptance of simple shows contentment through their faces.  Some islands have people and no cars, just bikes and motor bikes.  There may be a truck here and there although it looks like the tire has been flat for quite awhile.  No hurry to fix it. Time freezes, so it seems, in these islands.  I have to admit, as selfish as this may sound, I look at things and can’t help but wonder to myself… ‘Am I the first to see this beautiful bloom or rock on hill or shell on the beach or fish in the water’.  It feels so serene on the islands one can’t help but think there is no one else there with me but God.  I am in complete awe.

As we approached the Nassau East harbor, I saw in the distance, Atlantis and cruise ships.  I knew this was the fast life and I am not sure I am ready for it.  I pray that God gently carries me through this transition, as I embrace what I have gone through for the past six months taking everything he has taught me keeping the rich memories close to my heart, never taking a single thing for granted in life.  I am blessed.