There have been stories on the ship of students receiving notice that family pets have died. Some have found out relatives are ill or that a friend has suffered a tragedy. Some received the news late because family and friends forgot that they did not have access to Facebook or that their phones don't work out here. So they get an email, two, three days, a week too late.
The hardest part, aside from the communication issues, is how helpless you feel 2,000, 5,000, 12,000 miles from family or friends and five days from land and regular communication. You can do nothing but worry, hope and pray.
Tonight I'm staring up at a fattening moon and I am worried for a friend who has suffered yet another setback in his healing.
"Hey, Mr. or Ms. Moon? Since you are going to see my friend long before I will, can you let him know I'm thinking of him? Will you shine on him and pass along the message that out here in the vastness of the ocean there are people on this ship that he doesn't even know wishing him well?"
Thank you Moon. Thank you so very, very much.
The hardest part, aside from the communication issues, is how helpless you feel 2,000, 5,000, 12,000 miles from family or friends and five days from land and regular communication. You can do nothing but worry, hope and pray.
Tonight I'm staring up at a fattening moon and I am worried for a friend who has suffered yet another setback in his healing.
"Hey, Mr. or Ms. Moon? Since you are going to see my friend long before I will, can you let him know I'm thinking of him? Will you shine on him and pass along the message that out here in the vastness of the ocean there are people on this ship that he doesn't even know wishing him well?"
Thank you Moon. Thank you so very, very much.
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