5/26/2023 0 Comments King and queen of hearts cards![]() “Your birthday is March 7, the 17th or the 27th,” I said. It was an intuitive parlor trick I had honed over the years. On a whim, I told him that I could guess his birthday. He shared his sushi with me, bought me a drink and listened as I told him my life story. I met him at a sushi bar, and I did most of the talking. I asked him where he was going for happy hour. I scribbled down my number and handed it to him. When the trip was over, I knew it was time to make my move. Adventure and the potential for love were happening to me at once. As Sean spoke, spinner dolphins joyfully spun in the air while swiftly swimming past us in pods by the hundreds. She also let me know the bars he frequented and told me to tell him that she had sent me.Ī naturalist, he narrated to passengers as the humpback whales slapped their fins on the water and leapt out of the ocean alongside our boat. In her sweet Southern drawl, she told me she had a feeling I would hit it off with the first mate, a guy named Sean Paul. She booked me on a whale-watching boat named Lanakila, which means triumphant in Hawaiian. That’s when I met Carrie, an Arkansas transplant working at a ticket kiosk. I spent my first day walking around Front Street, the main drag, hoping to book a trip to swim with dolphins. ![]() In search of adventure and love, I picked up my check and packed my bags, and through a series of life-changing coincidences, I moved to a beachfront ohana, a guest house in the tourist town of Lahaina. ![]() I had attended my best friend’s wedding in Maui, and I knew that’s where I was headed. ![]() Tethered and apart, we had our share of challenges and beautiful moments in the water off Malibu. Affairs: Teaching my blind husband to swim pushed our marriage to extraordinary depths ![]()
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