Sara Ban Breathnach, the Author, once said “What you once loved is the key to who you are now”. I have loved the ocean ever since I was a little girl living close to the beach in Miami. But, career opportunities took me inland away from the seashore. Climbing the corporate ladder and the pressures and demands of building a business in commercial real estate left me little time to enjoy what I loved the most.

I have had the desire to learn how to sail for a long time, so several years ago I spent a week in Captiva Island, Florida, at a sailing school. That experience forever changed me and awakened my soul and renewed my love for the ocean. When I returned home, I could not seem to shake the sea from my veins, and I wanted to hold onto my memories forever. Instead of loathing the hot summer heat, I now embraced the summer and the long days. I would sit on my Lanai with appreciation of even the hottest of days, and the Universe gave me a gift each day of beautiful mornings and breezy evening sunsets. How amazing!

Although my commercial real estate career has been rewarding, the need to create something aside from my career was bubbling up inside of me, and it would somehow be related to my love of the sea. While walking outdoors one day, I came upon a wooden covered bridge overlooking a brook as I was listening to one my favorite songs “Blue Voyage” by my favorite pianist, Tom Grant. It was at that moment I was inspired to name my new company Blue Voyage Ventures, as my favorite color is blue, and this a voyage and venture into the unknown in following my bliss.

I have come full circle back to my love affair with the sea. When I am at the seashore it brings such peace and contentment, and I return to a softer side of me. I hope you enjoy these gems from the sea as much as I do.