That Birthday in Barbados: Turning Forty. A Divorce. A Tropical Escape. And Finding Love. (Take Me There)

by Inglath Cooper

“Yeah. I’ve been thinking a lot about choices lately. How every single one we make links to the next choice. And together all those choices make what ends up being our lives.”

Choices

“Stab the body and it heals, but injure the heart and the wound lasts a lifetime.” ― Mineko Iwasaki

Heart

“A counselor once told me the need to control is really about perfectionism and the inability to accept uncertainty. Do you agree with that?”

Perfect

“If you are not too long I will wait here for you all my life.” ― Oscar Wilde

Wait