Today was the day that I haven’t been looking forward to since March 1, 2008. Today was the day that we fulfilled my father’s final wish and released his ashes into the San Francisco Bay (or as I like to think of it the more modern version of a Viking funeral).
The ceremony was just as it should have been, and I’m glad I was there to see Dad off in the way that he wanted. It was also nice to have closure.
That being said, I wanted to share with you a quote that was in my head for most of the day.
“I really don’t know why it is that all of us are so committed to the sea, except I think it’s because in addition to the fact that the sea changes, and the light changes, and ships change, it’s because we all came from the sea. And it is an interesting biological fact that all of us have in our veins the exact same percentage of salt in our blood that exists in the ocean, and, therefore, we have salt in our blood, our sweat, and in our tears. We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch it, we are going back from whence we came.”
–Pres. John F. Kennedy, Australian Ambassador’s Dinner for the America’s Cup Crews, September 14, 1962, Newport, R.I.
