Over the past couple of years a lot has happened. We had a beautiful baby girl. Lived on three different continents. Visited many beautiful places. Met so many wonderful, lifelong-friends-even-from-a-distance, kind of people. Crammed so much new and fun and different into those two years. We did not sleep a lot (not ALWAYS in a fun way). We ate a lot of sushi and sashimi. Drank a lot of Japanese beer.
Sunday was ten years since 9/11, and six months since the earthquake in Japan. Almost six months since we left Tokyo. Even in that short space of time a lot has happened. We spent a month with family in the UK. Drove 6,500 miles across the USA. Arrived in Canada and set ourselves up with (with the help of amazing family and friends) in an apartment in Vancouver.
The teacher at the yoga studio on Granville Island I have been going to shared this quote from John Lennon last Saturday morning:
When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy.’ They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.
I asked Charlie how he was feeling at the moment, stressed? Worried about finding work? We both agree - we are just HAPPY right now, and that has always been the most important thing for us - to be happy in the moment. I feel so lucky for the three of us have this time together as a family, just hanging out and enjoying being together. Especially when we think about the anniversaries that just came around and the people affected by them.
At the moment we are slowing down, enjoying our family and friends, and just waiting to see what happens next.
Pictures of our new hood (when Mel and Rich visited):
This is the seawall - so no cars, just bikes and pedestrians
Turn left from here to go up our street
Our place is behind the big bush by the lamp post on the left
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