Thankful for you!

Hey all,

This note is a little late…but it takes a long time for a turkey to deliver a message from the middle of the Pacific Ocean. This was the first year in my whole life that I have missed out on Thanksgiving dinner with my fam! However, I did have turkey and as I sat around the table with my “ship family” I thought of all of you. I am so thankful to have all of you as friends and family. Without you, I would not be who I am. This trip has been an absolute whirl wind and I will come home the same…but different… or as they say in Vietnam, “same, same, but different!” The things I have seen are hard to define in one word, hard to explain in once sentence and impossible to imagine without having been there yourself. That being said, I feel so fortunate to be able to sail back to my little nook in Portland for the holidays and come home to all of you. I have learned so much about the world and myself on this trip, but more than anything else, I know that family and friends, community and love are the most important things in life. I have seen, met, hugged, cried and laughed with people who have nothing–except family, friends and love. When there is nothing else, we have each other. That being said, I want to wish all of you the happiest of Thanksgivings and I can’t wait to see all of your faces in a few weeks! Love and peace from the ocean! xoxoxo