Clear blue water
High tide came and brought you in
And I could go on and on, on and on, and I will
Skies grew darker
Currents swept you out again
And you were just gone and gone, gone and gone

In silent screams
In wildest dreams
I never dreamed of this

This love is good
This love is bad
This love is alive
Back from the dead (oh oh oh)
These hands had to let it go free
And this love came back to me (oh oh oh)
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh

Tossing, turning
Struggled through the night with someone new
Baby, I could go on and on, on and on
Lantern, burning
Flickered in the night for only you
But you were still gone, gone, gone

In losing grip
On sinking ships
You showed up just in time

This love is good
This love is bad
This love is alive
Back from the dead (oh oh oh)
These hands had to let it go free and
This love came back to me (oh oh oh)

This love left a permanent mark
This love is glowing in the dark (oh oh oh)
These hands had to let it go free and
This love came back to me (oh oh oh)

This love
This love
This love
This love
This love

Your kiss, my cheek
I watched you leave
Your smile, my ghost
I fell to my knees
When you're young, you just run
But you come back to what you need

This love is good
This love is bad
This love is alive
Back from the dead (oh oh oh)
These hands had to let it go free and
This love came back to me (oh oh oh)

This love left a permanent mark
This love is glowing in the dark, (oh, oh, oh)
These hands had to let it go free and
This love came back to me (oh oh oh)

This love, oh
This love
This love
This love
This love came back to me, oh, oh, oh

Cousin Rose said that the Taylor Swift Song “This Love” was playing through her head due to its lyrics matching the circumstances perfectly. I fully agree!

November 26th, 2022

I cannot put into words how amazing this experience was and I wasn’t even involved. Readers of The Man who sent the SOS already know that Paul Amirault claims to be the reincarnation of senior Marconi Operator Jack Phillips. Readers also know that Jack had a thing for Emily Ryerson from first class and that their budding relationship was cut off by the sinking. Emily survived and Jack did not. It took 109 years for my cousin Rose (Emily Ryerson) to find Jack again by finding Paul in March of 2021. It’s been an absolute whirlwind since I emailed Paul back in 2020 and told him my story. I truly expected Paul to either delete the email without a response or to simply say “thanks for reaching out” and end it there. I never imagined that I would end up that we would end up as friends. I had hoped that one day Paul would find Emily but I didn’t expect to be on the front lines when he did or to find out that she was a distant cousin of mine (both bodies).

Of course, Jade and I held our breaths in anticipation and the mere thought of Paul and Rose meeting up in real life again.(!!!!!) in 2021, Rose had planned to go to California for the holidays and meet him. We squealed like children and paced the floor in nervous excitement. Sadly, it didn’t come true due to some issues.

In 2022, however, they got another chance. Rose went to California for the week of Thanksgiving and was able to meet Paul face-to-face. Unfortunately, the Queen Mary is still closed for renovations, so they meet in Solveng, a cute little village instead. To get a video on Facebook messenger of the two of them hugging and Rose saying she’s found her Senior Marconi Officer just made my day.

The four of us did a short facetime call and it was remarkable to see them together in one place. As silly as I’m certain it sounds, it was fulfilling on so many levels. I watched two book characters meet in real life which fulfilled a book reader’s dream. I watched Jack and Emily get the closure they never had, only 110 years late. My friend got to meet a past love turned friend that he waited a year to meet. My cousin finally found her past love turned friend that she’s waited a lifetime to find again. For one day, the stars aligned and things went right. Reunions, closure and new friendship.

Funny thing is, a few minutes before the facetime chat, I had a small earthquake where I live. Just a 2.9 little baby but it was enough to rattle the windows. Turns out that Paul and Rose meeting up really shook things up.