Our mother purchased property in Brigands' Bay in 1983 after vacationing there annually for a decade and visiting a time or two while growing up. She built Turning Point in 1990 and lived here for 27 years. She passed away suddenly in March 2017, so my brother and I are now maintaining the home we have grown to love. She lived a few houses down the street and loved sharing her home and the island with visitors. Here is her story.
In December, 1989, just before a record-breaking blizzard at the seashore, the pilings for the house were put in. The cottage was completed in March, 1990. I had been coming to Hatteras Island since the mid-'70s, since my two children were youngsters. I'd always wanted a house here and now I had one. It's beautiful, and I'm still proud of it. Ironically, I have never lived in it. The year after the cottage was completed, I had a real Turning Point in my life. I left my job as an editor at a big city newspaper in Louisville, Ky., got married to a Hatteras islander, and moved to the seashore. I live on the same street as Turning Point in my husband's house. My two children who grew up knowing nothing but Hatteras beach vacations are now adults and the summers at Hatteras tradition continues with my nine grandchildren, as well as my brother and sister and their children and grandchildren. They love Hatteras and Brigands' Bay just as much as their grandmother and parents. We have built many family memories here.