Hi Marcie:
Oh my, another world cruise coming to an end and indeed you and Tom have had another very enriching adventure. Good for you.

Penny and I have been following your journal of activities, worldly sights and people meeting with great anticipation. Until you started the world tours, our world cruise dreams were pretty much in dry dock so to speak but fortunately you sent them assail once your correspondence started. Thanks so much!

I think the following is rather apropos to your situation:

"The service we render to others is really the rent we pay for our room on this earth. It is obvious that man is himself a traveler; that the purpose of this world is not "to have and to hold" but "to give and serve." There can be no other meaning." (Sir Wilfred T. Grenfell)

So now it is time to head home. Family, friends and critters are waiting to give you various forms of "welcome home" greetings and a daughter who can't wait to present you with a grandchild. A worldly cruise and a worldly grandchild in the same year. What a blessing!

Cheers! Ray & Penny