So well said, WifeyB. Of course, individual broken hearts seem to prompt individual results. Our Manatee group had only lost one out of the 99 built up to 2015. Now in the last three years, three more boats gone. First, TF members and live-aboard couple Mike & Dotty on “Cool Beans” had a devastating total loss during Hurricane Irma in Marathon, FL. They picked themselves up, went in search of a new “Cool Beans” Manatee and in spite of an enormous list of challenges since, they have stubbornly returned to their life aboard.
Then came the Swans in New Bern, NC, where the surge of Hurricane Florence took down nearly every boat in their marina. Again, a total loss (found upside-down at the slip when the river receded), but the Swans didn’t look for a return to status-quo. Maybe it will change in the future, but I got the impression that their broken hearts are permanent, and they didn’t want to even think about another boat.
Only time will tell what’s next for Craig & Pat. I hope they choose healing, whatever that means to them. Perhaps the real answer lies within the meaning of the name on their transom: “Silent Faith“