The greatest gift I ever received.

Sometime ago I was asked to write a letter to my children, to be published in a book alongside other mother’s letters to their children. I re-read it recently, and I don’t think I would change a word….

To Felix Wesley Amory Conrad and Domino,

As the tiny plane takes off over the turquoise waters and climbs higher and higher, further away from our home here in the Bahamas, I lean back, a moment alone, to look down at the island, disappearing out of sight, and think just how extraordinary it has all been.

Raising a family on a small island in the middle of the Caribbean is not without its challenges.