How do you remember your last
trip here?
"The last time I came was with a new boyfriend and
it wasn't a relationship that was going to last. I always
tell people: "Don't go there, unless you are really
sure you're in love." This place intensifies whatever
emotion you have going. When I came here the last time,
I still had a lot of unfinished baggage with me. I had
just gone through a really terrible divoce and lost my
father. I remember being out here on matus (islets) and
under the beautiful moonlight just weeping uncontrollably
over the loss of my father and finding myself deeply questioning
everything in my life. Which doesn't go down well if you're
trying to star a new relationship!"
In spite of that, you came back to the island of Intensity
as you put it, and you are having a wonderful time..
"Yes, I came back because I feel very secure about
the relationship James and I have. I feel our relationship
grows in leaps and bounds every day. It doesn't mean it's
always easy. I think the pressures of the world, the changes
in my career, the pace at which we live our lives, our
commitment to six children can make life- challenging. 
What was the most moving part of your ceremony?
Well, first of all, watching James be rowed in wearing
that beautiful headdress.
At first I figured this is kind of corny- a couple of
pink people wearing coconuts and feathers is like some
kind of bad movie- but there was actually something kind
of wonderful about him wrapped in his white cermonial pareo
and headdres. We were sitting there in a very private ceremony,
but there were all of these wonderful people focusing on
celebrating our love, with the children that came from
that love, with the children we had so much trouble conceiving-
everything together made the cremony extremely special.
" I think because James and I have been up and down
in terms of marriage and have had relationships that didn't
work, it has been even more profound for us to celebrate
the ten-year mark with our two children.