Uncharted Quotes

“We were both standing together outside ourselves; no one knew us or cared what we did, what successes we'd had, what failures.”
― Kim Brown Seely, Uncharted: A Couple's Epic Empty-Nest Adventure Sailing from One Life to Another

“A shipshape boat is a matter of character. In our case, it was also two people trying to hedge their bets against chaos, disintegration, and disaster.”
― Kim Brown Seely, Uncharted: A Couple's Epic Empty-Nest Adventure Sailing from One Life to Another

“He'll always remember the year his mom made him eggs and hash browns for breakfast," my husband might say sweetly.
"Thanks, honey," I'd reply, wondering what on earth would get us out of bed the next year when both the boys were gone.”
― Kim Brown Seely, Uncharted: A Couple's Epic Empty-Nest Adventure Sailing from One Life to Another

“Even the act of cooking had become a way to secure a place in my son's heart. I was sending him out the door with a piece of me.”
― Kim Brown Seely, Uncharted: A Couple's Epic Empty-Nest Adventure Sailing from One Life to Another

“I'd never been a practical person. I had a way of falling in love with ideas -- romantic notions of places, concepts of things.... I craved contemplation...and much preferred searching out other people's motives to examining my own.”
― Kim Brown Seely, Uncharted: A Couple's Epic Empty-Nest Adventure Sailing from One Life to Another

“In setting off on our sailboat...just the two of us, we'd pay attention to the shape of the journey. After we said goodbye to our sons, we'd embrace these weeks of adventure, putting all our chips on wildness. We figured a sailing expedition would allow us the time and distance to sort out our lives at this juncture...”
― Kim Brown Seely, Uncharted: A Couple's Epic Empty-Nest Adventure Sailing from One Life to Another