A "Death Day" Party and JOY

Send us Fan MailIn this episode, I have the privilege of talking to Tanya Hackney.  Tanya graduated with a B.A. from Middlebury College in 1997, where she majored in English and double-minored in French and Education. She married her high school sweetheart and taught kindergarten in Atlanta, Georgia before transitioning to homeschooling her own five children aboard sailing vessel Take Two. She’s lived aboard, traveled, and written for the Take Two Sailing blog for the last fifteen years. She has always had a bad case of wanderlust, having taken countless road trips as a child, spent a semester in Paris during college, and honeymooned in Mexico. In 2021, she published an award-winning memoir, Leaving the Safe Harbor: the Risks and Rewards of Raising a Family on a Boat. In her free time, she plays the ukulele, paints landscapes, and kayaksOur conversation is about life raising a family on a boat and how her family has found a way to find JOY among the difficulties of sailing and living on the sea.Tanya also shares with us a wonderful story about her Mother-in-Law, Mary who lost her life to cancer.  She shares how her family and friends celebrated with Mary during a "Death Day" party...before Mary passed and how they all felt JOY during a time of deep grief. Finally, Tanya shares the important of gratitude and how that has helped her tap into JOY even during life's massive challenges. How to find Tanya:Blog- www.taketwosailing.com Book- https://ingeniumbooks.com/LTSH Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/tanya.hackney.71                          https://www.facebook.com/TakeTwoSailing/ Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/taketwosailing/ Pinterest- https://www.pinterest.com/tanyataketwo/Lauren's Book, My Dad Died From ALS and How I Found Joy 30 Years Laterhttps://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B2J15M3ZCONNECT WITH LAUREN AND HER FAMILYEmail: [email protected]: https://www.instagram.com/laurensdailyjoy/FB: https://www.facebook.com/lauren.g.raymond