This is a blog I read regularly: http://blogs.salon.com/0002608/
At times I can't stomach it. It's too close to home, too close to what I dread deep inside. Today, it pierced me with its sincerity. Particularly the last paragraph which so reminded me of a couple of conversations I've had with my mother lately and reminds me of how I'm finding the strength and courage to go away, away from her.

On a lighter note, my sister Kat gave birth to a healthy baby boy this afternoon. He doesn't have a name yet but I think it will be Curtis after Curtis Mayfield. I'm so glad she had a boy - she already has 3 beautiful girls.

Travel preparations are in full swing. The postie delivered my Canadian working visa today!!!! Huge load off my mind - it's all real now, really happening!

xx