Stunned and overjoyed I asked, “When is the trip?” 

She said, “May of this year for your 43rd birthday, on a Royal Carribean Cruise!”

The thought of being back in Cuba after 39 years away was overwhelming. Images of us drenched in sweat dancing salsa into the night. And during the day, we would frolic on the beach and walk barefoot on the soil. This soil has awaited 39 years for my return home. On this epic journe...