It was the spring of 2001, a particularly difficult year for my family and me personally.....my marriage was ending, my Mother was terminally ill and I recognized that I would have to find ways to better support my children and myself both emotionally and financially.

Often, our worst moments can be our best!

The marriage ended - my Mothers will to live and strong faith kept her with us until the summer of 2003 - The boys and I went for counseling to better understand and learn how to cope and support one another - I was offered a full time management position and made a decision to go back to university part time.

This was also the year that the boys and I took our first trip....we discovered Mexico. I had this urge to experience life in another culture and push my experiences beyond what I knew. The Mexican culture, language, history and arts are endless - more than enough for any lifetime.

It was a special trip. The trip provided the boys and I with an opportunity to begin a new chapter of our lives... to begin healing, laughing and letting go. I bought my first journal - it had a beautiful bright yellow cover - I began writing - the first line in that journal reads... and so it begins my love affair with Mexico