06/04/2026
It didn't take long for good guy Sheldon to come interview me for the paper.
Lucky page 13, AND in color 🌻😍🌻
And I love this article so much!!
But I want to say something to my following here to add my personal touch, something I really need to get out into the world.
I'm a full grown woman and I'm still so very proud ( and a bit emotional) about how far I've come since I landed here 5 years ago....
This article comes out on the 5 year anniversary of a huge event that changed the course of my life.
See, on June 2, 2021, I landed here after wanderlusting all over Hawaii for a year- where I was trying all kinds of hats on.
Do I want to be a spiritual authority?
Do I want to feed the homeless?
Do I want to do art for Disney?
Do I want to be a lover girl?
I had opportunities to do all of these things!
But I wasn't stable enough to hold any of it, or see it through.
Nothing was fulfilling, and my time was well overextended, so, I came back to Canada a bit stuck, and wondering what I'm doing with my life.
I was pretty humiliated by this part of the story, and a scared too. That time in the world was rough! No one was hiring, no one was renting.... What was I even doing travelling, NVM having no home or job to come home to!?
Like I would never do this ever!!!
I used to run university kitchens! I have a business degree and build my own systems, I am a top tier athlete- I am a responsible member of society!
I looked at myself with shame, I had only a backpack of personals, my knives and I was on some hippy farm living in a tent now!
This was a cry for help for sure....
Thankfully, but not with much pleasure- that hippy farm, was where I fell in love with the Bluff, the river held me tightly, and I made a friend, and something that summer, told me, "to stay"....
I still can't believe who I was 5 years ago. A bit rough around the edges, Living in tents for fun!, travelling with no safety nets,
Honestly, I think I was trying to find my heart again....
And now here I am.
Making meaning in this town I now call home.
And home is where the ❤️ is 🥰, right?
I'm so grateful you all helped me shine again,
Come by this week- all my regulars you know who you are- I want to treat you for being part of the most pivotal part of my journey
🥰🌞🐱🥰🌞🐱🥰🌞
Leave me a comment that makes you feel at home here too.
