Preparing for the BIG cry
Monday, March 13, 2006 at 11:13PM 
Anyone who knows me well, knows how much I love my nona. Well tomorrow morning at 8am I have to say good bye to her. I get all choked up at the thought of it. I am not sure how I will make it through. She is 90 and is the love of my life. I will carry this digital picture of her around on my camera for a year so that I can smile and think of all the funny 'nona' stories.
It has been a great few days here in Calgary hanging out with the family. Listening to stories told by my nona. Even though I have heard them numerous times before, I still sit there and smile as she tells me them for the hundredth time.
But I must admit I am getting anxious. I just want to be gone now. It feels like this moment has been pending forever. I just want to get on that plane and be in Sri Lanka. As much as I am looking forward to our 4 days in San Francisco...I even want those to go quickly, so we can just get over there.
Deb, Mom and I are all packed and ready to go (you would think we were all project managers or something)...so now we just sit and wait for Wednesday.
Later.
Reader Comments (2)
I can't wait to go either Chris
mom
Hey sweet thing(s)
It is great reading your stories allready and you have not even touched ground on the other side of the moon yet.
It is great to post pictures when you can, becuae the connection speed in other parts of the world can be painfully slow (though you'll find this is one of the least things you want to spend energy complaining about) -
Yesterday, Alice had a meeting wtih the dream team, the groupd of men and women who have mental illness who are advocating for more supportive housing, and she came home, telling me that she looked at this remarkable group of people who all wanted to know about our recent travels, and Alice just said, "so...we may have a version of homelessness, and with out trying to minimize it here, it is dim compared to what exists in other parts of the world."
I am slowly getting my feet wet again here in Toronto, and heard a little pang in my heart when you spoke of Whales in BC.
I love you lots,... Give big hugs to your mom and sister for me (us) and
............... travel well! ..............
................travel safe! ..............
May the wind be at your back and may sandstorms feel like soft feathers brushing against your skin.
oodles of hugs
Cori