Transition is a Four Letter Word
When people ask how it's [the transition back to Canada] been I struggle to find the words to accurately describe the last 9 months. The best I can come up with is as follows: So good and also completely and utterly overwhelming. What exactly has been so overwhelming? Every. Single. Thing. Literally, every single thing. It's so hard to explain, and it doesn't make sense, but even the most simple thing feels overwhelming. Yet in the midst of those overwhelming emotions I'm also completely numb. I somehow feel everything and nothing in the same emotion. Which is why I struggle to accurately share how it's going. It doesn't make sense to me, so how is it going to make sense to anyone else? So much good has come. I can't even begin to tell you how incredible this journey has been. Being back is so good. Getting to know my nieces and nephews, spending time with old friends, celebrating birthdays and special family events together has just been the bigge