Homeward Bound

At 6:00 a.m. tomorrow our time, Michaela will be on her way back from London. I cannot believe that 197 days have gone by so quickly. As happy as I am to have my little girl home, it is a bittersweet home coming. She is living a life of happiness, adventures, friendships, growing, maturing and independance. She will return to our home and complete our puzzle again. She has had an amazing 6 months, seen and done things some of us can only dream of...going to the premiere of a movie and getting Robert Downey Jr.'s signature, Jude Law's signature, and her favourite...Stephen Fry! She played music in music shops, live at the open mic nights and outside on the lawn of Pax. she participated in flash mobs, in protests, and in celebrations. She was the youngest volunteer from Canada to Pax Lodge ever, and blew them away with her maturity, sense of responsibility and her ability to do any task she was given. It was an experience of a lifetime...and now at 18 she comes home and begins the planning of her next adventure...which I suspect, won't be too far away. Welcome home baby girl! We have missed you.