I'll Be Home For Christmas

Merry Christmas!!

I am so excited to be heading home for Christmas. I haven't been home since the summer and I can't wait to see my family again. Also I hope there is snow! It is strange to be living somewhere that doesn't have snow in December. Christmas, to me, is a time to spend with family and friends. I love seeing everyone and spending time with the people I care about. Working with children, I get to see how excited they are about Christmas and how different families celebrate the holiday. Not all the children I work with celebrate the holiday. It has definitely been a learning experience with all the different cultures that I have around me here in B.C. I am loving learning about them and getting to celebrate other holidays. This year has been an amazing year and I can't wait to see what next year has in store for me!

I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!!


Music for the season: Michael Buble, Jingle Bell Jazz, All-4-One

This is me

I was inspired to start this blog by one of my teachers who asked if I ever wrote travel journals. I never have but it got my thinking about sharing more than just my travel experiences with people.  This last year has been one of the craziest years I have had.  It has been full of joy, heartache, laughter, anger, tears and every other emotion possible.  I have made some huge changes in my life and most I hope are for the better.  I travelled, graduated from college (yay!!), and moved to a new city and province.  It has not been the easiest time, but through it all I am discovering who I am and am so proud of all the things I have done and accomplished.

               I graduated from college in June 2015.  It was one of the greatest days for me.  I had worked so hard and learned so much about myself.  4 days after graduation I moved to British Columbia.  I decided that I needed to make a change and start new.  Medicine Hat is a wonderful place, but I needed to move somewhere that I could make memories not shadowed by past relationships.  All my favourite places in that city are marked by the fact that some old boyfriend took me there.  I felt weighed down by not having places that were my own.  Yes, I could have made new memories in those same places with new people or by myself, but for me I was not able to.  Thus move to a new province and new city.  This move was also part of me needing to grow and take chances.  I have always been scared of stepping out and trying things.  Moving to BC is the biggest change I have ever made.  I am so lucky to have my sister here with me, but it is still a chance to try new things and explore.  This place has so much to offer and I have only started to explore its many attributes.  I am a born and raised farm girl from the prairies coming to the coast is a very different experience.  Especially the humidity, my hair is not sure what to make of it yet.  Sort of look like a poodle most days.

Song of the Day: Panic Cord by Gabrielle Aplin