From Parksville to Thorsby

Time always flies when I am with my family. For the past few days I have been on my sister Yvonne's farm in Thorsby, Alberta. My last few days in Parksville with Kim were great. On the anniversary of her accident, we took 7 years of legal files, medical files, etc down to the beach and had a good 3 hour burn. It was a pretty powerful night. The weather was perfect. It was about 10 degrees, the waves were lapping up on the shore and we had a great big fire going from about 8pm until after 11pm. I think it was really therapeutic for Kim to watch all those papers go up in smoke and I was thrilled that I could be there for it.

Now I am in Thorsby...just went into my nephews school, where I was his "Show and Share". It was pretty damn cute. I told all of the kids about Toronto and the trip. Some of the questions that came out of their mouths were pretty funny. "Are there cars in Toronto?, How many minutes did it take you to get here?". etc. When the teacher explained to the class that I didn't have any family in Toronto one of the little boys asked me if I cried sometimes because I was lonely. How cute is that? Kids really do say the funniest things.

This afternoon I am going to go pick Harley up after school and then I am sure we will play soccer in the snow. Tomorrow we are all getting up early, getting on the quads on going for a big long ride down by the creek. Life really is different out in the country. It really reminds me of what things were like when I was growing up. After having lived in Toronto for so long, I tend to forget all of the wonderful things about living someplace small.