I wanted to break the record, of course, and become the youngest person to sail around the world solo and unassisted.

I am twelve thousand miles wiser, twelve thousand miles more resilient, and I have twelve thousand miles more faith in God.

I was so thankful that my parents trusted me enough and had enough faith in my abilities to let me follow my passion and try to do something great, even if I might fail.

Fewer people have successfully solo-circumnavigated the globe than have journeyed into space.

The things that happen on the sea take you beyond yourself, beyond human capability.

On June 10, the worst storm in the series swept across the middle of the Indian Ocean and Wild Eyes was directly in its path.

Wild Eyes was built for speed and I was flying down walls of water twenty and thirty feet high.

The open ocean often takes you past your physical limits and when it does, sailing becomes a mental game.

Going up the mast is one of the most dangerous things you can do as a solo sailor.

But none of that kept me from picturing what a tsunami might look like if it did rise up and roar toward my little boat like some watery blue version of the Great Wall of China.

Terror ripped through me as I was falling, falling, falling toward the sea.

How many great men didn't know enough, or have enough faith in the creative process and in themselves, to let go for the whole mind to work at it?

It took me far too long to realize that lost years and relationships cannot be recovered. That damage done to oneself and others cannot always be put right again.

Friendship Quote of the Week:"Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together"…Woodrow Wilson, U.S. President and World Leader

The difference between rearing a child in your 20s and one in your 50s is one of patience.

The British bombing of Caen beginning on D-Day in particular was stupid, counter-productive and above all very close to a war crime.

White on rice. Green on grass. Sheets on a bed. Him on her.

And you know, the people who hate kids and don't want kids always end up having 50 of them.

Imperfectios equal beauty. We are all imperfect.

I cannot forget my mother, She is my bridge.

Of all human ills, greatest is fortune's wayward tyranny.