Lima DREAMS and So Do I...

I cannot even begin to accurately describe how vast the changes in my little life have been since my last entry. Indeed a new year, a new heartbreak, but also, a new love. A love that was dressed in a friendly smile and knowing eyes. A love I did not recognise at first, but fell into mind, heart and spirit.

Tomorrow signifies the mark of five life-changing months since I met this precious being and as I sit here without him, listening to the hub of the suburbs, cold and rainy weather leads me to write.

As much as I love my city of Cape Town, the energy, the ocean, the freedom, the fun... the desire to travel outside of my very southern world has been present for as long as I can remember reading articles in fashion magazines, watching reality series on DSTV and unashamedly being obsessed with Gossip Girl.

This love I speak of generously and crazily offered to bring me to his home of ten years, Toronto, and without really a second thought, I agreed. After a fairly stressful process of VISA applications, the Canadian High Commission losing my passport (only to realise they had sent it back to Cape Town, when I was already in Joburg to visit some friends and bid farewell, the headache and stress of retrieving it), I am here.

I arrived on the 19th April so it has nearly been a month. I could try and condense the happenings of my life in the last while but I'm not sure I want to do that. I could try and illustrate the comparisons between Cape Town and Toronto but I'm not sure I want to do that either. (And yes, there are many!!) I could list the emotions both joyous and painful that I have experienced on different occasion, mention the people I've met, the things I have done...but

All I really want to do, is say Thank You.

Thank You for making me see that Dreams DO come true.
Thank You for holding my hand and giving me the window seat on the plane.
Thank You for buying me an electronic cigarette so I don't go crazy and want to kill someone due to sever nicotene withdrawal.
Thank You for keeping me warm at night when I'm freezing and stealing all the blankets.
Thank You for making space for me in your cupboard when it's all full of your Dad's clothing.
Thank You for taking me to see Chase & Status!!
Thank You for organising an agency for me while I am here.
Thank You for introducing me to your family and friends, eventhough I have not endlessly embraced their company. (haha)
Thank You for trying to arrange our own apartment so I don't have to sleep in the lounge.
Thank You for working when I can't.
Thank You for the most special ring I've ever been given.
Thank You for loving me always, no matter what, when I'm in a bad mood, not feeling well, being a bitch out of insecurity and still thinking I am beautiful and strong.
Thank You for comforting me when I am missing my friends and family and the sun!
Thank You for believing in me.

Thank You for EVERYTHING you have done and continue to do for me, the BIG things, the small things, the inbetween things. And know that even if one day it happens to be that you are unable to do all these things  I know you want to do for me, that it's ok. Because I love you unconditionally. Because I have faith. And because your love is all I need.

Thank You for being my Dream Come True.