A Birthday Toast
Angela prepared a special toast with blueberry reduction and champaign (for the grown-ups - sparkling water for the younger ones) and we all gathered on the beach to recount all the many years of family gatherings here at Hatch Haven for my birthday.
This is a poignant year at age 73 to observe how the mantle of responsibility is changing. Angela and her kids are now handily running the boat, and I can just enjoy the ride. I am impressed watching Angela launch, gas up, change out the battery, and Captain the boat, while David and Hannah, fresh from sailing camp, handle the lines, the docking and departing. Up until this year, without Jeff here, those were all my responsibilities, and before that, Dave's. A bittersweet passage.
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