Sara in NWT

After deciding to move to Yellowknife we needed to decide what to do with our house. Ultimately, we didn't have enough time to make a good decision, so we went with "as good as it will get". Renting our home for part of our absence and then selling in the spring. My new job pays to move our furniture and effects, but we had very little time to prepare. I tried to organize the house as we are going to rent a small condo and most of our furniture will have to go in storage. In the end, I think it was all for not. It is just very hard to organize all that stuff. But important stuff like my Le Creuset I know will wind up in the kitchen and if I have a good pot I can do almost anything. The company sent four guys. Jay the driver out of Edmonton, Ken out of Toronto and Scott and Wally out of Kingston. They worked hard all day until 8:00 p.m. I felt like we worked too, constantly floating from room to room, clarifying what would be going where. At 8:00 p.m. Scott and Wa...

Double rainbow from our hotel in Yellowknife Three years ago I started a blog called "Sara in Grenada" chronicling my time as a volunteer with Cuso International on the Spice Island. At the time a dear friend, Jay, was working in Iqaluit and while our climates were radically different the challenges faced by our respective communities were very similar.   I loved almost everything about living and working in Grenada although, I was not a fan of my mini-bus ride. When I came back from Grenada I felt invigorated, being able to contribute is really important to me. While I wanted to find another opportunity to contribute for family reasons had decided to stay put in Ontario after our return in 2015. In her book Transitions, Gail Sheeshy talks about a time in your life when you look around and start to wonder "Is this really all there is"? I was definitely in that place. Having done the same job for 10 years, I wasn't learning anything new. I wasn...