Canada’s 150th

 


On July 1, 2017 I just wanted to say ‘hello’ again, and to thank those that have read my posts in the past – I do quite appreciate it.  As many of you may know I decided to take a break from my blog for a little while.  I’ll let you know a little more about that in my next post.  In the meantime, as you can tell by my title I’m going to talk about how my Canada’s 150th went.

I can hardly believe that Canada’s 150th birthday just went by.  I remember a few years ago thinking ‘wow, Canada’s going to be 150, that’s a big birthday,’ so I decided that for this Canada Day I would go and see some really good fireworks.

It had been raining so much during the month of June that I was worried that the fireworks would be rained out on July 1st. Luckily, the rain only happened during the afternoon.  July 1st started off nicely, with the sun coming up in the morning.  My hubby and I went with his mother to my sister-in-law’s place for lunch.  It was my sister-in-law’s husband’s birthday as well.  I think that’s pretty cool to be born on Canada Day – it can’t get any more Canadian than that eh? ;)

Of course, what many Canadians do during the summer is have BBQ – because everything tastes better on the BBQ.  Honestly, if ice cream could be cooked on the BBQ and not melt, I’d totally BBQ my ice cream.  Everyone at the party was wearing red or white.  It was great to see other Canadians being so proud of their country. 

I decided to have Canada Dry, as it’s my favourite ginger ale brand, and to my surprise it actually said Canada Day on it!  I was so excited that I decided to take a picture.  I was telling my hubby and my sister-in-law’s family about how it said Canada Day on both sides of the can, when they told me it only had Canada Day on one side.  I quickly had to run to my purse so I could get my camera to see if I took a picture of the Canada Day side.  To my relief I had. Yes, if you couldn’t tell they were laughing, but then again so was I.

I am so bad for that sometimes, misreading a word for something else.  After that I actually started to relax more as I found I wasn’t as nervous being around people I don’t know as well.  There was of course cake and it was a strawberry shortcake flavour.  It was so good I ended up eating two pieces of cake.  We even played a guessing game for guessing what a future little one’s birthweight would be along with birthdate and time.  It was nice to feel included with friend’s and family during a celebration.

After that we came back to my hubby’s mother’s place and relaxed.  Since it wasn’t the same city we lived in and the crowds were expected to be huge, we decided to go by transit to see the fireworks.  At one point, we were on a bus and it was barley moving.  The fireworks were at 10pm and I was becoming so anxious as it was 9:52pm and we were still on the bus.  Finally, the bus driver let us off a minute after that and my hubby and I quickly ran to where the fireworks were supposed to be.

It turned out that the fireworks started 15 minutes later, but at least we made it.  They were stunning, and I loved that I had my husband beside me the whole time to enjoy that experience with me.  I really loved that Canada’s 150th was going out with a bang.   It showed how proud Canadians are.

I am so blessed that God chose to have me born in this wonderful country, and that my family and my husband is from here too.  I think when we appreciate the things God gives us, then it makes it easier to live our lives here.          

Patricia   <3  :)  

Colossians 4:2   Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving.

 

Here’s a song about feeling so lonely, and yet you continue to hide as you feel so guilty for what you have done.  But there’s no distance too far that you can’t be reached.  And there’s no place that’s so dark that you can’t be found.  That is doesn’t matter what you’ve done, that you are never too far gone.  And you will never out run Our Lord’s love.

 

“Never Too Far Gone”  by Jordan Feliz 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um7MYdxrXmA&list=PL3whQX319DaB37iB8NZpJe206iSdpe3kc&index=192

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