one year living in the great white north today OMG 🇨🇦 looking at these pictures, i ask myself: “if i knew then what i know now, would we still have made the decision to come—and amidst a global pandemic at that?!” grabbing a one-way ticket has been quite a recurring theme in my life. but out of all the one-way tickets i’ve taken, this one challenged me the most in so many ways. uprooting myself from what had been a pretty successful and comfortable life was a conscious decision i made, so that my life can be whole again. but then again, i should know that nothing comes easy. opening up #chapter3 in canada with the #miffyfamjam was a truly humbling and sobering experience in so many ways. one that has taught—and is still teaching me—how to effectively transition from a long-distance parent to a full-time mom to a teen coming to terms with her own identity, a supportive wife to someone dealing with mental health struggles, a leader of a global team across 3 continents, all the while questioning all that i’ve known to date, undoing what needs to be undone, coming to terms with what has been and what will be. and most of all, embracing everything coming my way with utmost grace and gratitude. my answer to my own question is “why the hell not?!” for without learning and growing through the past year, i wouldn’t also have made new dreams come true, not only for my family but for myself as well. i’m worthy of where i stand because of all that i’ve sacrificed to be here. and who knows what the next year will hold? call me a relentless optimist, but i see a new batch of dreams just about to unfold, somewhere over the horizon. onwards, always onwards. 🙌🏼⭐️💕 #canada #immigrants #musings #ofwblues #freshofftheboat https://www.instagram.com/p/CWSRibOrM85B2tq-7NH-kABsdmEQ7Wp5UjipKk0/?utm_medium=tumblr
