ENOUGH

Recently, I overheard a mother and daughter in their last moments together at the airport. They had announced the departure. Standing near the security gate, they hugged, and the mother said, "I love you, and I wish you enough."

The daughter replied, "Mom, our life together has been more than enough. Your love is all I ever needed. I wish you enough, too, Mom."

They kissed, and the daughter left. The mother walked over to the window where I was seated. Standing there, I could see she wanted and needed to cry. I tried not to intrude on her privacy, but she welcomed me in by asking, "Did you ever say good-bye to someone knowing it would be forever?"

"Yes, I have," I replied. "Forgive me for asking, but why is this a forever good-bye?"

"Well...I'm not as young as I once was, she lives so far away and has her own busy life. I have some challenges ahead, and the reality is - her next trip back will be for my funeral," she said.

"When you were saying good-bye, I heard you say, 'I wish you enough.' May I ask what that means?"

She began to smile. "That's a wish that has been handed down from other generations. My parents used to say it to everyone." She paused a moment and looked up as if trying to remember it in detail, and she smiled even more. "When we said, 'I wish you enough,' we wanted the other person to have a life filled with just enough good things to sustain them."

Then, turning toward me, she shared the following as if she were reciting it from memory:

I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright no matter how gray the day may appear.

I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun even more.

I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive and everlasting.

I wish you enough pain so that even the smallest of joys in life may appear bigger.

I wish you enough gain to satisfy your wanting.

I wish you enough loss to appreciate all that you possess.

I wish you enough hellos to get you through the final good-bye.

Then, she began to cry, and walked away.

They say, it takes a minute to find a special person, an hour to appreciate them, a day to love them, but an entire life to forget them.

TAKE TIME TO LIVE...

To all my friends and loved ones, I WISH YOU ENOUGH...

Holy Cow!!! Look what I've done!

I booked a $20,000 Regent Seven Seas cruise!! This is LUXURY at its very finest! Includes an amazing itinerary, gourmet cuisine and beverages, impeccable service, free shore excursions and 1/2 price airfare. These luxury cruises are truly all-inclusive.

I've also graduated from Princess Cruise Lines academy. It was hard work...25 hours of courses -- very intense and took many months to complete. But I did it, and now I'm embarking on the Cunard Cruse Lines courses. I just took my first lesson and passed with a 95. Cunard is a luxury cruise line in the same class category as Regent Seven Seas. The Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth 2, Queen Victoria are her ships -- have transatlantic crossings from the U.S. Luxury cruises are geared to the affluent: people whose attitudes and lifestyles want the finer things in life. It doesn't necessarily mean they're rich; some are middle class people who've saved their money for a luxury cruise.

I'd give my right arm to be able to go on one! I'll just have to see what I can arrange, huh?

I did it!!

ANNOUNCING:

I am in the FIRST graduating class of Norwegian Cruise Lines University!! There are 900 of us from the United States and Canada that enrolled in their online course; it's taken about 6-9 months to complete. I graduated March 4th.

AND tonight, I completed my 25 courses necessary to achieve "Commodore" status to graduate from Princess Cruise Line's travel agent program! It's the highest level of cruising expertise with Princess for travel agents/cruise consultants.
Whoo-hoo!!

Also, this past Friday, I've booked another group cruise on Voyager of the Seas for January 31-February 7, 2010 (Galveston, TX). I have 50 cabins ranging from inside to junior suite staterooms; I have ONE family suite that sleeps a maximum of 8 passengers (min. of 5 pax to book this suite -- there are only 2 on the ship!!)

Prices start at $500 per person to $1190 pp. (plus taxes & port charges). (Give me a call for the Family Suite quote.)

I'm also giving $100 onboard ship credit per cabin!

A $50 deposit due April 1st holds a cabin.
Then $450 deposit per cabin along with legal passport names is due on April 15th.
This is fully refundable until Sept. 1st;
at that time another $450 is due with the
final payment due November 15th.

Please spread the word about this amazing cruise with family, friends, coworkers ASAP. Remember, after April 1st, my inventory goes down.

Give me a call if you or anyone you know is interested!
Don't let this awesome opportunity slip by! It's an amazing ship and SO much fun!
The itinerary is great, too (Jamaica, Grand Cayman, Cozumel).

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