Tag: family

Be you, always!

Family trip, reconnecting and seeking closure.

Getting back from a long vacation to the motherland is always good.  When I moved to Canada I was always very conscious and adamant that I would never forget my roots and where I came from and, though I say it always and try to live it, it’s easy to get caught up in the…
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February 2, 2018 0

Good news and great fights!

To say this week my family received wonderful news is quite an understatement.  My mom is cancer free.  I let that sit for a bit before I continued this entry. I’m a live in the present, look ahead, future forward, forget the past kinda girl.  You know, like boxing a “get hit move on” attitude…
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November 26, 2017 0

#gotchaday2017

Today is family day!  A.k.a. “gotcha day”! What a great day to share my first blog post as it’s been a while in the making here.  Why?  Why not I say and I’ve wanted to start one to document the adoption process way back when but that wasn’t my time.  The idea of blog surfaced again earlier this…
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November 7, 2017 1