under-fire

A year has passed since my very first post for Under Fire. It is now time that I move on in my writing career, so I am saying goodbye to Chatelaine.com and Under Fire, but I know it won't be easy.

7 July, 2011, marked the end of Canada's combat mission in Afghanistan. It's hard to believe that so much time has passed and so many lives have been lost. I can't help but be reflective on those lives lost, but also, how much we have contributed to the war.

I spent this past weekend on Salt Spring Island, celebrating my birthday with some old military buds. But it was also a weekend of reflection, spent wondering where my health and my career are about to take me.

I'm getting away from the city for a weekend with friends, to both celebrate my birthday and this fantastic city we live in.

Today I went to the endocrinologist, who confirmed that I do indeed have Grave's disease. I don't know what answer I was hoping for, but in some way, I think I was praying for a miracle.