Trip to Sask overview

This isn’t a long post, because if i were to write everything you would become bored by the length, so here is an overview 🙂

2.5 years it can fly by in the blink of an eye, all of a sudden you turn around and so many things have happened.  Other times it feels like 2.5 years will go on forever. These past two and a half years have been the toughest yet.  When I made the hard decision to leave home and join the forces, I knew I was going to be missing milestones in my friends and families lives. It was hard knowing that but I also knew I wanted/needed to follow my own path and “spread my wings”.  I was ok with knowing this because I knew I could ALWAYS come home. However no one can prepare their minds for a global Pandemic, I was not allowed to go home when I wanted to, and I missed things that I never thought I would miss.

I missed being in person for the funeral of my grandmother, the amazing lady that loved me unconditionally, that one hug that melts away the world, her smile that made all things happy.  I wanted to badly to hold her hand and say goodbye to her, instead I had to watch the funeral online alone it was very hard to accept.

The next thing I missed was the birth of my amazing beautiful niece through photos and face time I watched her grow, learn, smile, play and interact with me. It is the cutest when she started talking she would and still does call me Teeta.  There have been many times where she says Teeta Teeta over and over again until Meghan face times me so she can have a visit. Oh how I wanted to be there and it pained me when time and time again that I couldn’t.

Well my amazing little sister Leah was getting married! Ok let’s stop for a moment, say what? Getting married? No can’t be, this little rascal who sat on my handlebars of my bike, who was my little buddy and is supposed to stay 5 years old was getting married. Crazy! Let me tell you there was no way I was missing that.  I told my boss for a year since their engagement that I wanted to go home for that wedding.

When the day finally came I was sitting on the airplane travelling to my much loved and adored prairies, excited to see everyone. Stepping off the plane in Regina and seeing the familiar landscape, feeling the prairie breeze and the ZERO humidity was such a welcomed feeling.

My sister and my niece picked me up from the airport, now remember my niece has only ever met me online on face time for 15 months. So we did a face time call and then I came around the car and she saw me in person, she froze completely confused then I picked her up and she was quiet and was just petting my chest I’m sure she was wondering how can I be real I should be in a screen. After a few moments she was my best friend and we were inseparable. I spent every single day I was home with her even if just for an hour.

I went to the grave of my grandparents and I saw the tombstone, admired the amazing work that was put into it, shed a few tears was able to say my final goodbye to my grandmother and stand in the solace of remembering them.

Then the main event happened, Leah’s wedding, to say she was beautiful is a massive understatement, she was beyond gorgeous. Watching her stand before everyone declaring her love for her man, reading super well written vows and bringing everyone to tears. I could not be more happy, proud or amazed at this young woman’s life and everything she has accomplished. I was so happy I could be there for this milestone in her life.

I spent time at home making pies, puttering around building things, and hanging out with my family and extended family, while enjoying some down time. It felt like I never left, it felt perfect being there. I was not wanting the days to come to an end as that meant it was closer to me having to go back to Halifax.

Getting onto that plane to leave was one of the hardest things I’ve done in a long time, I was leaving my family, and I didn’t want to leave them. As I reminisced while flying back, I was overcome with thankfulness and gratefulness to have been there with my family and making amazing memories.