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by Debra Ann Cantrell. It's available on Amazon.com for about $20 What do you do when you husband comes home and announces “Sell the house. Let’s go cruising?” In her book Changing Course: A Woman’s Guide to Choosing the Cruising Life, Debra Ann Cantrell gives practical advice and encouragement based on her own experience and her study of couples when one partner came home and said just that. She interviewed over 100 women married to old fools (and not so old fools) who announced they wanted to sail away and join the cruising life. Although not all the couples in the study made it to the sea, all had stories to tell. Each chapter starts with an inspirational quote. "Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.” Helen Keller There are chapters with practical advice on things like stages of change (which let me know it often doesn’t happen in the first year after he says, “Let’s go”. This can go on for years.) , purchasing the cruising boat (It’s best if I have major input into the choice of the boat!! Right on!), and the cruising couple (or how to stay married and still cruise. See page 100 for a great story about yelling at each other, my love.) There is even a chapter especially for the husband (or initiating partner) so he doesn’t have to read the whole book, but I recommend he read it all anyway. “Don’t be afraid your life will end; be afraid it will never begin.” Grace Hansen This book is not just for those thinking about cruising. It’s for anyone thinking about any major lifestyle change. We all need to pursue our dreams and help our partners pursue theirs. If this means making a change in your day-to-day life, this book is a must.
by Debra Ann Cantrell. It's available on Amazon.com for about $20 What do you do when you husband comes home and announces “Sell the house. Let’s go cruising?” In her book Changing Course: A Woman’s Guide to Choosing the Cruising Life, Debra Ann Cantrell gives practical advice and encouragement based on her own experience and her study of couples when one partner came home and said just that. She interviewed over 100 women married to old fools (and not so old fools) who announced they wanted to sail away and join the cruising life. Although not all the couples in the study made it to the sea, all had stories to tell. Each chapter starts with an inspirational quote. "Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.” Helen Keller There are chapters with practical advice on things like stages of change (which let me know it often doesn’t happen in the first year after he says, “Let’s go”. This can go on for years.) , purchasing the cruising boat (It’s best if I have major input into the choice of the boat!! Right on!), and the cruising couple (or how to stay married and still cruise. See page 100 for a great story about yelling at each other, my love.) There is even a chapter especially for the husband (or initiating partner) so he doesn’t have to read the whole book, but I recommend he read it all anyway. “Don’t be afraid your life will end; be afraid it will never begin.” Grace Hansen This book is not just for those thinking about cruising. It’s for anyone thinking about any major lifestyle change. We all need to pursue our dreams and help our partners pursue theirs. If this means making a change in your day-to-day life, this book is a must.