Everything was going according to plan. We'd go on a small road trip to the west coast, see family in Colombia, spend Christmas in South Florida, then live in Philippines to reduce our costs of living and maximize geoarbitrage before returning to the US to find a new monohull home.

There is a looming "death wave" of "Baby Boomers" here in the US, and we seem fairly ambivalent about it. Death, dying, and any of the grief and challenges which follow are uncomfortable, but I implore you to make sure you get through them. Here's why: