This Timely Adventure

1/ The more time that passes here in Hong Kong, the more I have to take moments to STOP. And let reality sink in. This is our new home! 2/ And with that passing time, also slowly comes a greater clarity around the realities of the changes in our lives. Yes, the practical changes are daily evident if you're looking for them. As I reflect on those changes,  in many ways I can see how we actually adapt so easily, we fit in to a new way of doing things, we make some adjustments in order to make things work for us...and off we go. 3/ As we start to catch up with our daily life adjustments, I find there is actually another kind of change taking place. A change that is happening in tandem, but internal. 4/ I am sitting in this sweet space of starting to see something of a story unfolding before me. Presently, I am acutely aware of the shaking up that is taking place internally. Taking me out of my life that was familiar and in many ways, comfortable, is exposing me to a p...

I have spent a good amount of in-between time thinking about what to write next and very little time feeling motivated to do anything about it. I have realised that the longer I leave it, the more there is to say and the more difficult it is to get started. The other evening, kids were down to sleep, I was procrastinating dishing up dinner and Kev sat across from me at the table, sketching another amazing masterpiece (yes - you read right! I always knew he had amazing talent, thanks to our tense games of Pictionary over the years). I decided to jot down some thoughts and those thoughts rolled into my next post.  Murphy's law, just as I was about to finish, I lost it all. That sinking feeling when you open up drafts and its empty.  Nothing. I opened it up again this morning, hoping it would miraculously reappear, but still nothing. So, this post may lack some enthusiasm and life, because it is just not the same second time round. Sorry about that. Truth is, if I don't get...