One day, Day one.

Blog # Fifteen years later, I am an experienced mariner, settled and assured of my abilities. The sea will always have a powerful pull, but my attention will probably be on commanding junior mariners or running a small but thriving maritime enterprise. The sea will still be about me, but my existence will be the richer for the counterbalance of natural solidity. My kids will come first, my older kids on their own path. My wife and I will have had a good and loving marriage, weathered life's storms together. Home will be a place of peace and security, a refuge from the stress of work and the world. Family will be the cornerstone of my contentment. My businesses, I hope successful, will offer not only financial security but also pride. It will most likely be related to my time at sea, offering products or services related to maritime ventures. Success will be measured in terms of benefit to my family and community, not profit. It will be a culmina...