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Details and duty

Monday, April 18th, 2005

We talked about what was possible,doable and useful.
Should I fly to Canada?
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Posted in About Me, Canada, Certification, Changsha, China, Family, flight attendant, futility, grief, Life outside of work, Living the dream, Mariposa, Ontario, Orillia, overseas living, Politics, tefl, tesol, Tesol certification, Travel, vacation, visa | No Comments »

My Family … then and now

Wednesday, April 13th, 2005

My birthplace is Canada, but home is where my family lives.
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Snow lay all around

Wednesday, April 6th, 2005
The day dawns inappropriately bright. Snow covers the ground and the way is icy. We arrive at the church I had not seen my mom in five years and this was not the way I'd wanted to see her again She lay there ... [Continue reading this entry]

Posted in About Me, Canada, Changsha, China, ESL, Family, futility, grief, Hunan, Life outside of work, Living the dream, Mariposa, Ontario, Orillia, overseas living, Travel, vacation | No Comments »

Back in Canada … for the moment

Wednesday, April 6th, 2005
I'm back in Canada Unfortunately it's to attend a funeral On Friday night I checked my email and had a couple of cryptic messages ... call home/urgent and words to that effect So I dug through my phone list and called home Mom has ... [Continue reading this entry]

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