Olivia Newton-John's husband shares sweet anecdote on her birthday
<p>Olivia Newton-John's husband has shared a sweet anecdote about a holiday the couple took, on what would have been her 74th birthday. </p>
<p>John Easterling took to the late entertainer's Instagram to share a rare glimpse of their married life, while sharing the previously unheard story of how the couple got caught in a dangerous storm while on a boating trip. </p>
<p>Recalling the eventful trip, John wrote, "I remember the first birthday when we were together and I took Olivia on a week-long adventure in the Out Islands of the Bahamas surrounded by beautiful, peaceful, spectacular turquoise water."</p>
<p>"I rented a house on an island with no roads so we got a boat to go with your house and we would take our supplies over to the house which had a generator."</p>
<p>He described how they could boat across to another one of the many beautiful islands if they wanted to eat at a restaurant or explore, "just the two of us".</p>
<p>"It was private, it was wonderful," John recalled, but the weather turned one day when they took their little boat up to Great Guana Cay and the trip home was treacherous.</p>
<p>"The wind was howling and the boat was rolling and slamming into the waves, rain was stinging like someone throwing thumbtacks in your face," he wrote.</p>
<p>"Olivia got behind me holding on tight as I was navigating this 23-foot runabout with a centre console."</p>
<p>John explained how the couple only had a magnetic compass to navigate, and low visibility threatened their safe return. </p>
<p>As they started to fear the worst, the storm suddenly disappeared and they were greeted with a magical scene through the clouds. </p>
<p>"The rainbow started on the left and crystalized all the way over - horizon to horizon - and that's when the dolphins started jumping at the bow of the boat leading us under the rainbow."</p>
<p>It was a moment that has stuck with John ever since and he reminisced on how "Olivia looked at me like I was a superhero".</p>
<p>"We both recognized the fingerprints of the supernatural were all over this – and that's the way we lived our life," John added, signing off with "Happy birthday honey – I love you!"</p>
<p>John lost his soulmate in August when Olivia died at age 73 after a long battle with cancer. </p>
<p><em>Image credits: Instagram</em></p>
