I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has followed me over the years. This is my fifth year of blogging. I began this venture to develop better writing skills. For the first four years I pretty much powered through posting as many as 3 to 4 per week.
I began posting on this site the day after having a heart procedure. I’ve since run several 10 KM races, a few 14 KM ones and a 1/2 marathon. I was part of Rick Hansen’s Man in Motion 25th Anniversary Relay. Upon believing that I’d in fact truly found myself I somehow managed to scatter myself to the four winds and am once again gathering the pieces of my person.
Time to forge ahead. I muscled through the cancer thing and am now grappling with the results from the car accident last year.
I moved last week. I sold my condo to pay down a large portion of my debt that had accrued. Last year was a tough one. The accident combined with the building needing an emergency re-piping proved to be a costly year for me.
I have found a new place, however, possession won’t happen until August 1, 2016…so….I’m bunking over at my daughter’s place in North Vancouver for the interim.
Friday was Canada Day. At 8:00 pm I walked over to the Quay which is a few blocks away. They have a night market on Friday evenings during the summer months. That it was also Canada Day made it that much better. Food trucks and kiosks were set up everywhere.
I opted for the Cabbage Roll & Pergoies. Very tasty. Wandering through the market place I stopped to admire many of the items on sale. When I accidently popped a maple leaf balloon I purchased a little flag and bandana displaying our colours to make up for it.
A band was playing music from the 1970’s so I wandered over to get my groove on. As the sun began its imminent decent I made my way over to the pier to watch the fireworks happening across the pond.
They were awesome! The display went on for over 20 minutes. It was closing in on 11:00 pm as the masses, myself included, took our leave. At the end of the pier a small group of four began to sing ‘O Canada’.
The result was that everyone joined in! There we were , hundreds of us, singing our national anthem in unison. Upon finishing we all broke out in applause.
Walking back to my daughter’s I ruminated on the events as of late. I need to get my health back on track and there is such a strong desire to find my focus and balance once more.
And I will.
Thanks again to all of you!
Power of One by Nancy 