I've travelled all around the world and I'm only 30. There are a lot of places I get to visit because I am lucky enough to have a job (now as a freelancer) that sometimes takes me places. I love seeing the world. I love experiencing other places, the people that live there, their culture, their landscape and the food they eat (this is always a big part for me!). I am immensely grateful for every trip I take and have taken, but (and this might make me different than most) what's one of the best parts of travel for me? Perhaps the best?
When I'm travelling solo, Tom and I often miss each other so much it can almost feel a bit painful at times, but you know it's worth it — not just for the experience whilst travelling but because the reunions are so sweet.
I can compare it to being away from all my family in Toronto too. I miss my Mom, my Dad, my sisters, my in-laws, my niece, my aunts and uncles, cousins and grandparents and friends so much sometimes I could burst. But I promise you that because of it I put my love for them into everything I do.
Now the thing is, most of us don't have to travel away from our partners very often and if so it's usually never more than a night or two, let alone two weeks or more. Most of us live so close to our family we can get in a car and drive to them at a moment's notice. When that happens it can sometimes be easier to take the special people in our lives for granted, to assume that they'll just always be there. So how about today or tomorrow, right now and always, we just think about that for a second?
In the words of one of my all-time favourites, Alicia Keys, in a song where she also refers to my theme song for this year: "Live. Love life. Give love."
Coming home.
I chose this photo because for me, home isn't really a place. I don't need to use the cliche for you to get it. And don't get me wrong, it's not that I don't enjoy being away and that I'm wishing I could come home the whole time... it's that travel makes me feel so absolutely grateful for the love my life is filled with.
When I'm travelling solo, Tom and I often miss each other so much it can almost feel a bit painful at times, but you know it's worth it — not just for the experience whilst travelling but because the reunions are so sweet.
I can compare it to being away from all my family in Toronto too. I miss my Mom, my Dad, my sisters, my in-laws, my niece, my aunts and uncles, cousins and grandparents and friends so much sometimes I could burst. But I promise you that because of it I put my love for them into everything I do.
Now the thing is, most of us don't have to travel away from our partners very often and if so it's usually never more than a night or two, let alone two weeks or more. Most of us live so close to our family we can get in a car and drive to them at a moment's notice. When that happens it can sometimes be easier to take the special people in our lives for granted, to assume that they'll just always be there. So how about today or tomorrow, right now and always, we just think about that for a second?
In the words of one of my all-time favourites, Alicia Keys, in a song where she also refers to my theme song for this year: "Live. Love life. Give love."
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