On February 17, 2005, Jan's doctor told her he was ending chemotherapy for her liver cancer since it was ineffective. Jan asked if that meant a break in the regular visits, and was told that it did. She responded that that was good, since she had always wanted to take a cruise, and there hadn't been time between appointments. The doctor said that if we were to take a cruise, that now was the time to do so.
That afternoon, I proceeded to book a cruise departing as soon as possible. We found a nine-day cruise on the Norwegian Spirit to the Windward Islands in the southern Caribbean and left two weeks later.
We were realistic and admitted to one another and to others who asked, that we might not have much time together remaining, and that this could be a good-bye cruise. I did everything in my power to make this the happiest and best time of our lives.
This is the story of our trip.
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