Spiritual Compass: Wild rides
The USNS Simon B. Buckner, 608 feet long, 75 feet wide, with 26 feet draft and 19,000 shp engines, was a good-sized ship. It was January and the Atlantic Ocean was cold. At 5-years-old I didn’t understand the vulnerability of winter trans-Atlantic adventures. But there we were on a trip from Bremerhaven, Germany to New York. I struggled with sea sickness. Only soda crackers helped. They were 25 cents a box from the ship’s store. I ate as many of them as I was allowed. Looking back, I am so thankful that we didn’t encounter any rogue waves!
