I am Canadian

Happy Canada's Day.  A place I AM proud to call my home.  A country I've discovered from East to West and back again.  I have climbed a few mountains, swam and fished in some lakes, rivers and oceans. Hiked, canoed, hitchhiked across the country.  I've slept under the stars,  beside a fire with the sound of a loon in the distance. I've walked with the company of a few wild animals.  All of it reminding me of its vastness, and incredible beauty.  I have stepped away from it to travel, only gaining a deeper perspective and admiration for it.  Returning home to know how blessed I am for the freedoms it provides. I have lived in 3 provinces.  Growing up in Southern Ontario, moving out to the West of Alberta and returning East to Live in Montreal, Quebec.  Meeting people from all walks of life, and enjoying a diversity of Cultures along the way.  I've experienced the hot humid summer to the Frigid cold Winters.  All of this,  is what formed me into who i am today and why I am happy to be called Canadian.