Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Secrets

Sorry for the long hiatus everyone! I would have warned you all about the long break but I didn't want to give away my big secret. The one where I was coming to Canada to surprise my cousin and bestest friend for her wedding. (All others will remain secret for the time being. *wink*)

It truly was the trip of a lifetime. I can't even say how much I enjoyed it. I've been married for 10.5 years and have 3 children. Traveling alone has never really crossed my mind. We're a family orientated kind of family and we pretty much do everything together. Sindre and I were looking at quick trip to a European city for our 10th wedding anniversary, or maybe even to some place warm like Crete or Greece. But in the end, we decided to wait when we could afford to bring the whole family and ended up buying ourselves a nifty camera for our anniversary instead. To take pictures of the kids of course.

But I wanted sooo badly to be at the wedding. And we had already booked our tickets to spend the summer in Canada and couldn't afford to send us all in April too. It seemed so selfish though, to spend so much money on a ticket just for myself. But, in the end, I just decided to do it. And my friends even had a surprise birthday party for me and gave me a nice envelope with some cash to help fund my trip. I think they were afraid I wouldn't go ahead and spend the money on myself. I have nice friends (you know who you are!). Don't worry girls! I spent every last kroner!

It was like rewinding the clock. Hanging out with my girlfriends like we used to before we all got married and had kids and one of us moved to another continent (not mentioning any names). I laughed like I haven't years. And shed a few tears too. Like driving in the car on the way to Moncton, right girls!! Ya, I did the laugh/cry thing where you really don't know what you're doing. It was so cleansing! Haha!

And then there was surprising my cousin. It's an experience that I'll always remember. And there wasn't a dry eye in the room.


It's not very often things turn out just as you imagine and hope them to be. But this was.

5 comments:

  1. Disproving the old adage "you can't go home again." :)
    I'm so glad that your Maritimer heart was heartily fed & that your cup "overfloweth'd".
    Welcome back to the blog. You were missed. :)

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  2. It really was a homecoming Kim. As you say, my Maritimer heart was fed. And Maritimer I am and will always be. And the happy part is I'm coming back in 6 weeks!! YAY!

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  3. how wonderful... and you made me cry...!!! :)

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  4. Oh - I loved this!!

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  5. It was soooo great to have you here! I'm glad you had such a great time! And I still think about that trip to Moncton. It was so fun! I'm just glad I didn't laugh us all off the road while I was driving! Haha! Can't wait to see you this summer...not far now...

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