I’ll never know and neither will you of the life you don’t choose. We’ll only know that whatever that sister life was, it was important and beautiful and not ours. It was the ghost ship that didn’t carry us. There’s nothing to do but salute it from the shore.
- Cheryl Strayed, The Ghost Ship That Didn’t Carry Us

As we prepare to open our public house, we find ourselves pausing to reflect on how far we’ve come. Cheryl Strayed’s The Ghost Ship That Didn’t Carry Us is a concept that has since offered us comfort when making life decisions. We often find ourselves acknowledging our sister lives from shore, staying rooted in the sand.