Here is what we had:
That night, we sat by the fire, crying. It wasn't just the despair of being unseen; it was the thought that the world below was still dealing with lockdowns, masks, and social distancing. We were experiencing the ultimate quarantine, a quarantine from humanity itself. my wife and i shipwrecked on a desert island 2021
We were eventually found by a passing fishing vessel nineteen days later. As we stepped back onto a deck made of fiberglass and steel, smelling of diesel and civilization, we held hands tightly. We were going back to the "real world," but we both knew that the two people standing on that beach weren't the same ones who had washed ashore. We had survived the world's isolation, only to find our best selves in the middle of nowhere. Here is what we had: That night, we