It's been a while...

Wow. Time flies. So much has happened, and I have written about NONE of it. There has been much to write about, but, life got a bit hectic.

Anyway, we are no longer in Turkey. Two years has come to an end. Next up, Dubai. Judging by what the internet tells me about the weather there, it looks like it might be the hottest place on the planet. How my pale Canadian skin is going to handle that, I'm not sure. We shall see.

But, looking back, I just can't believe we are no longer living in Turkey. That two years went by so fast. I miss it. That was an amazing time and an amazing country. I wish I was still there. But, life does keep going on...and on...and on...and now it's time for a new adventure, of course. However, this is a good time to reflect. Right now we are in Canada, staying at my parents house for the moment. It's sort of a down time. I've been catching my breathe, thinking about the past...and the future...absorbing it all...adjusting...trying to understand.

So, Turkey....how do I sum up the past two years? I don't even know. Everything I saw and experienced...wow. What I learned...again...wow. I don't even know where to start. To go from Canada to Turkey on the one hand seemed like such a massive change in culture...and yet, there are so many things that I found were universal. To go from a predominately christian country to a predominately muslim country taught me a lot. Being on the other side of the planet, away from everyone and everything I was familiar with...big learning experience. The traveling I was able to do... Bulgaria, Egypt, Germany, Ukraine, France, England, Belgium....they were all within easy reach, and I got to spend time in these places. Different cultures, different people, different music, different foods, different realities...they were all available to me and I did everything I could to take it all in! I saw things I never, ever thought I would see. Istanbul? I didn't think in a million years I would ever see Istanbul. I saw it, and I loved it...still love it. We met so many interesting people...at work, while travelling, through living! And, the biggest event of all, our son was born in Turkey! Wow...again. I know, I know, this is all seeming so vague. And it is. I'm just skimming the surface. It's so much to think about...so many small events, experiences, that combine together over a couple of years. I've written a lot about specific things that have happened in my old livejournal blog. I've taken thousands of pictures and pasted them up on facebook and flickr. But, there are still so many stories to write. There is still so much that can be analyzed...laughed about...cringed over...and I want to savour these...all of these things as I think about them, and hopefully write MORE about them....

And the future? Dubai? Another wow. That's not a place I ever thought I would see. That's in a part of the world I never thought I would live in. Within a few months, that is where we will be! Unbelievable! I love life. I love this life. I love my life. I love what has happened. I love what I expect to happen. I have written the word wow a few times...and I will write it again....WOW!

Yup....

Wow....