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Since August 2009, our lives twirled around our decision to make the ‘Big Move’ to another country.  After weighing out various options - there are so many options when it comes to choosing another country - it seemed as if we were ‘pushed’ into the direction of Canada.  So the ‘Big Move’ that would normally take up to two years, played out within 5 months.  Although we are still in South Africa, we plan to leave within the next couple of weeks due to work commitments in Canada.  So imagine this… your life packed into 3 bags. One for myself, one for my husband, Sydney and one for our son Nathan who is now 4.  Now let’s not forget the important things when packing Nathan’s bag… 50% would have to be dedicated to his books and toys.  I mean that is just obvious in his opinion, and probably fair!  Ok so that leaves us with two and a half bags to pack our lives into.  No shipments. Just our luggage.  Insane… just a tad.  We prefer to call it an adventure.

It has been almost a week. There’s no need to list all the statistics and news.

There’s hope in what people are doing in Haiti: different races, religions, organizations often competing for funding and publicity - working together. There’s hope in this effort, hope that when the next disaster strikes – there will be the same response. Hope that the same compassion and dedication will be thrown somewhere e

lse, where families are on the verge of desperation for basic things like a piece of food and a drink of water.

There are many thoughts that crowd my head in these days about grief that people might be living through. I choke and pause the day for few seconds. Rethinking my humanity, my position and views in life, my black and white approach.