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Saturday, August 28, 2010

AND THEN THERE WAS THREE

Seattle skyline





We left at 6:30 this morning to take Mom and Pam to the airport in Seattle








Port of Seattle











Saying goodbye at SEATAC airport





























It has been a wonderful three weeks spent with my Mom and dear friend Pam. We have so appreciated the help that they have been to us as we have had so much to do to get settled. There were a few tears as the time to leave drew near but they were tempered by a sense of great thankfulness that we have had this time together.




It was a beautiful drive through Washington as we headed back to BC











Heading North on I-5 close to Bellingham









Jim and Alexis at the seaport in Blaine, WA



Alexis and me, Blaine, Washington...a stones throw from the border




The excrutiatingly long wait at the border crossing





Our home away from home Surrey, BC





The view from about two blocks down the street




Surrey, BC









Nine hours later we're almost home










It's a little bit scary that we're all alone now. It's been so much fun to have so many of our loved ones with us. While I am really excited to get school under way I'm going to miss the daily conversations with Mom as I drove home from classes each day.










































































































































































A faintly visible Space needle in Seattle







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In politically correct language I am called a non-traditional student or,as my mother would say, a late-bloomer. For twenty years I was a stay-at-home/home-schooling mom but surprise.. kids grow up. When my son asked me what I was going to do after he left home I told him I was sure it would involve crates of Kleenex, junk food, and a lot of self pity. He suggested college instead and I took him up on it. I graduated in Dec. 09 with a BA in Criminal Justice/Corrections from Park University in Parkville, Mo. Through internships that brought me into contact with both the victims and offenders of violent crime, I have acquired a passion to assist each in addressing issues of accountability and healing through the restorative process of victim-offender mediation. As a 2010-2011 Canada-U.S. Student Fulbright recipient I will travel this fall with my husband and granddaughter, to British Columbia where I will be attending Simon Fraser University's Graduate School of Criminology. With a superb symmetry, Mother, arbitrator of children’s squabbles has progressed to victim-offender mediator.