While waiting for my second surgery scheduled in early January 2020 we decided to take a family trip to Costa Rica. We surprised our teenage girls and our two nieces on Christmas morning and a few days later headed to Miami for a flight to San Jose. While exploring the rainforest of Tortuguero and the Afro Caribbean side of Puerto Viejo, we became smitten with the lush landscapes, the warm surf, the global food vibe and the kindness of everyone we met. At a friend’s heavenly treehouse, we enjoyed incredible restaurants, experienced a chakra-based massage in the open air living room and found a sound healer who played the gong(!).

We never intended to look at properties but we found one on Cocles Beach that, well, just felt right. . . I showed Shevonne, our property manager/realtor extraordinaire, exactly where I envision a pool and she promised to send us more info on the listing. As we were waiting in US customs, a text from Shevonne came across with a picture circled in red. She wrote, “there’s a pool the exact size you mentioned buried exactly where you said.”

Chills ran down my spine. . . and from that moment, I was determined to make this property a reality. ✧