Sometimes words are all we have to leave behind

I wonder if Captain Fred’s boat was one like this one and if he went out into endless waters like these.

We all have people in our lives that we remember for that one statement they made. The saying or the declaration they shared stuck somewhere inside your head. It’s the only thing you can clearly remember them saying, and it shapes everything you remember about them.

One of those people in my life was Captain Fred. I never know his full name. He’s one of those guys that everyone…