Update

Big changes in the past few months!  I moved my father and I to Sydney, Australia at the beginning of November.  I has been pretty smooth, settling into a new life in our old stomping grounds (we old dual Canadian/Australian passports)... but certainly not without it's stresses... he suffers from late-stage Parkinson's disease.

This morning I was feeling pretty down about things... even though he's in a care home, there is still a lot to deal with.  Without going into it all, there are a lot of serious responsibilities and decisions to make... and the burden gets heavy at times.

I had been invited to a friend's house for a morning of sewing and creating things.  A few conversations in, and I was feeling inspired by talk of knitting, sewing, paper crafts.  I got to work on a very simple, basic sewing project... but it was so therapeutic.  Creation lifts the soul! What's more, I am now in possession of fat, loaner knitting needles for a brand new project.  And a list of knitting/sewing shops around the city!  Black mood lifted.

So in light of all this, I am going to try and keep this blog updated a little more regularly.  Outside of caring for dad, I have done a few, fun things around town and I don't want to forget them!