thinking of: my family...

After meeting so many South African ex-pats here in Dawson Creek, I sit and think to myself "Whoaa....Dawson Creek is a long way from South Africa." Indeed, Canada is a long way from South Africa...... I've been thinking of our family's journey here and how I am ever so grateful for my parents and their wisdom in the heart-wrenching decision to move here. To leave stable jobs, friends, and most importantly family, all for their children must have been the most difficult decision of their lives. And now, my bro's and I have been afforded incredible opportunities here in Canada that we could not have had in SA. Words cannot express my gratitude to them for all their sacrifices....thanks mom & dad!

My Crazy bro's have also been a major source of encouragement - from eating lunch together in high school because we had no friends when we first came here, to sharing rooms because our place was so tight, to teaching me to drive, to being groomsman & Best man for them - my "wacky" bro's and I have grown up as a "tight" bunch who can sometimes be possessed by Mario Kart. Sometimes..