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“I needed to find a program that
would let me focus on the relationship
between water and conflict management,”
she says. “And Tel Aviv University
offered one.”
She had returned to D.C. and was in the
process of applying to graduate school
in Israel when Hank visited friends in the
area. Britt was waitressing at the time, and
Hank and his friends sat down at one of
her tables.
One of his friends left Hank’s cell phone
number on the receipt — Britt didn’t find
out the source until years later.
“The next morning, I woke up and had
this text message and was like, ‘Why is the
waitress from last night texting me?’” he
says, laughing along with his wife.
They began dating while Hank was finishing
up his tugboat licensing and Britt
was starting graduate school in Tel Aviv.
“When you have to talk on the phone
for a year, you really get to know somebody,”
Britt says.
They made it work; the couple celebrated
their first wedding anniversary
in May.
The walls of their Wrightsville Beach
home are lined with aerial images of
whales, boats, and the sea, promoting a
feeling of relaxation and allowing guests
to admire the beauty of the picturesque
beach town. The photos are Hank’s, taken
with a drone he purchased in 2016 with
the intention of using it to locate fish. He
began taking pictures, created a company,
and started a side business.
This creative, water-loving duo has a
new task: navigating parenthood. Their
first child, Henry Lyman Carter II, was born
on June 1.
Before his birth they opted against discovering
the gender. It didn’t really matter
because one thing was certain: their child
will have every opportunity to join Mom
and Dad in their love of the salt life.
“I told Britt it doesn’t matter if it’s a boy
or girl. I’m going to take it fishing and
surfing,” Hank says.
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