It's hard to believe that I have arrived at my 5th year anniversary of Smitten with Bermuda. When I ventured off to Bermuda in 2018, soon after losing my mother, I had no idea what that one solo trip would mean for my grief, for my life, for my soul- not to mention the ensuing five years. I had cared for my ailing mother for the prior three and a half years. Just as she had cared for me- as a baby born with heart disease, I would care for her (along with my sister, Nina), when her beautiful heart began to fail her. It was an emotionally excruciating time for me, yet one that I would not trade for anything in the world. Caregiving is the most beautiful and selfless gesture that you can extend to someone else in this lifetime. I believe that a Frangipani is a Bermudian Daisy Needless to say, I felt unbearable sorrow after Marlys left this Earth. She was my best friend, my confidante- a brave and remarkable lady. I did not believe- in April of 2018- that any trip could assuage my p
Did you ever find yourself flirting with a place, unable to get it out of your head... and wondering if what you see, during your brief "encounters" is too good to be true? Sometimes, with the objects of our affection, we see what we want to see. Follow me back to Bermuda, as I explore the layers beneath the surface of our torrid love affair.