Thanks Canada!

So I thought I'd finish this blog. It's really about time, I've been home for 8 months already. Mom and Dad came to visit me in June, they were there when I graduated, on the 18th of June. And for prom on the 16th. We also took a trip to Prince Edward Island and to Nova Scotia to see Cabot Trail. It really was one of the most beautiful landscapes I've ever seen.

Both PEI and Nova Scotia felt so peaceful, the atmosphere was so easy going. I'm going to move there someday when I'm older, or retired or something. I went home on the 25th of June. Met a nice Russian girl on the plane. Ate at McDonalds in Frankfurt. Met Mom and Dad in Copenhagen. Went on the train home, where I met some of my friends at the train station. I was so great to see them again!

And now I'm home again. It's quite hard at times. I miss Boundery Creek terribly, and every day I think about Canada and the people I got to know there. You are nothing like anybody else I know. And I miss the person I "became" when I lived there. I belive that a person is partly shaped by her surroundings. Or maybe different part of you become visible at different stages of your life, depending on where you are at the moment. That year helped me discover a lot of things about myself.

It made me see that I can do whatever I want, and I can make it through rough times. Unfortunately I'm starting to lose that feeling though, I have no idea what to do after Ive graduated here in Sweden, and sometimes my self confidence isn't on top. But at least I've realized this: I'd rather make one or two mistakes sometimes, than do everything in perfect balance. Contrast gives life meaning, even if I'm too young to be speaking of meaning. But without contrast, it seems to me that life might be like one of those books with a beautiful cover, but without any real interesting story line.

Last but not least: Canadians and Dutch people: How do you measure a year in your life? Well, for me my year with you was one of the best. Thank you everyone who helped making my year in Canada such a success! It was a success, I wouldn't have wished anything to be different in any way. I've learned from every minute of it, and that was why I came there in the first place. I wanted experiences, and I got them. I'm going to try to use them well. By the way, everyone in Canada, I'm going back there sometimes, and then I'll want to see you. Just saying =P

I sure do consider myself part Canadian. Like Robert said, it's in my blood now, I can't change that. I don't want to change it either. I'm proud in many ways to be "canadian". I won't say that we're better, it's just that we're less worse.