Home... but is it really?

I arrived home (Edmonton) a few days ago and felt so happy to see my family again. I really missed them and realized how important they are to me while I was away. I have realized that family is the most inportant thing to me and I want to have a strong, open and loving relationship with everyone in my small but amazing family.

It has been difficult adjusting to life back home. First, I have been killed by jet lag. My body does not know what is going on so it has decided to avoid sleep all together - makes trying to function as an adult pretty hard! Plus, there has been the adjustments to my life back home. A few months back, I started to be concerned about how I would adjust to returning home and to the life I left in February. Travel has changed me (I think for the better) and I was unsure at how I would rejoin the life I had and whether I would maintain the changes that happened to me. It can be scary as I remember previous travel experiences when I was a teenager and how people I cared about couldn't understand or comprehend how I had changed with experiences of travelling. I was worried that people wouldn't understand my experiences and abandon me. I guess time will tell whether I can be my true self and whether people can accept me for who I am.

Throughout my trip to Europe, I started having days where I would wake up and forget that I had a home to return to. It felt so natural to travel and be in "foreign" places. That can also be a very scary feeling. So naturally, I was worried about how I would feel back home. And to be honest, I am happy to be home but also looking forward to my next trip. Fortunately, I leave in a few days for Ottawa, Montreal and Quebec City. I unpacked, did laundry and have already packed again. The life of the world traveller.

Thank you for all the support as I pursue a life-long dream and grow and become the person I was meant to be all along. I will continue this blog over the summer as I travel both at home and within Canada and the United States. Please, join me along on the journey!

Love, Lisa