Overdue Honeymoon
A gentle breeze rolled by, stirring me out of a light doze. I was lazing away the afternoon in a lounge chair on the beach with giant palm trees for shade and a half-full glass of rum on a table beside me. Beside me was my lovely wife of 11 years, flipping through the pages of her book. This was our first real vacation since we had met. It was essentially our honeymoon after years blessed with the fortune…of staying at home to care for the kids. It had taken a lot of effort and patience to finally convince her that we could take some time for ourselves. But there we were, our second day in the Caribbean, doing our best to forget everything but ourselves for a small while. The sex the night before …