A New Chapter

I almost cried when I came to this site because I really have not been a good blogger. This is Kai's site. I started it with the intention to record his development and growth; yet I've slacked off for more than 2 months now. This has to stop. Now that we're somewhat settled. I need to get back into the whole writing thing again. Be warned, people!! The Little Peanut is back in business.

Here's what's been happening in a nutshell:
We've been living out of our suitcases since July. We got rid of the apartment in Taipei, stored all our belongings on the rooftop storage space at my cousin's place, and went on a 2-month vacation in the Pacific Northwest. Sometime during the vacation, I saw a job posting, applied for it, and got all the way though to the interview. The 4-hour interview took place in the afternoon of our return flight to Taipei. I walked out of it feeling defeated and pessimistic. We hopped on the plane, flew across the Pacific, and stayed at my mom's place for a while. That was September 23.

Turned out, I got the job and had to make it to the orientation on October 18th. So we packed (again) enough stuff for both Kai and myself for the first few weeks in Vancouver and bought 2 one-way tickets for Oct 11th. In other words, within a month's time, we flew across the Pacific Ocean 3 times (yes, of course we're collecting miles).

Bill stayed in Taiwan to get rid of almost all of the things we had accumulated in the last 6 years we lived there. He was scheduled to join us in Vancouver at the end of October. Those two weeks apart were very difficult, but we made it through. I think that experience has also made us tighter and stronger as a family.

Looking back, it's the typical Bill and Kate's way of life. I'm very proud of us for having the ability to always "make it" under difference circumstances, and it's great to have that confidence. It wasn't easy, but we made it happen. Just like how we did with living in Taiwan, dealing with and beating cancer, trying for a baby, and looking for ways to move back to North America. Also, we're extremely blessed to be surrounded by people who love and support us and who will go the distance to help us with whatever we need.

Now a new chapter begins in Vancouver.