I didn’t think I’d be writing this before Kai’s birth…..but we’re home. Like…right now, we are back in Philadelphia.
It was a fascinating eight months in Toronto, but we’re ready to head back to the States. It’s funny, neither Ben or I were particularly gung-ho in the patriotism realm before coming north, so we’re both a little surprised about how much we have grown to appreciate the US…semi-legal wars, Tea Party, gridlocked politics, and all. The greatest country in the world, though? I don’t have need for such superlative statements. It’s just home.
Thank you, Ben’s new job, for giving us maternity health coverage effective before Kai’s date of birth. And to our amazing house-sharers. <3
We have about a month in Philly before we have to head to Tampa for Ben’s work, and I am so incredibly happy. Crazy though this decision might seem to leave our prenatal practitioner and Ontario’s public healthcare, we are extremely happy to not be “trapped” in Toronto, waiting for Kai to be born and then waiting for the right paperwork to get him over the border (in addition to then moving our entire apartment, the cats, and a newborn all at the same time). And even I just have to say…sometimes it is a damn good idea to do what feels right.
See you soon, phriends.
