Broken Road

Medicine Hat is my home. I was born and raised here and lived here for 27 years. At some point in my life I decided that I needed to explore a bit, travel. Everyone always thinks that the grass is greener on the other side. That statement is very true to how I was feeling at the time. I knew how beautiful medicine hat was, I loved the sense of community, and all the things the city did for its people. Yet, I still felt I needed to explore and spread my wings. I moved to Airdrie/Calgary area for two years, it was so different from Medicine Hat, it felt so cold in comparison. I then moved all the way to St. Louis. Living in the USA was such an eye opening experience of just how amazing we have it in our country. I was proud to be Canadian my whole life but even more proud to be Canadian after 1 year od living in the USA. Finally, I moved to Edmonton. It was a beautiful city with wonderful job opportunities, but it still always felt like something was missing. After the birth of my daughter, the light of my life, it was time to move home. I felt like I had seen all I needed to and I know where my heart wanted and needed to be to raise my daughter. Since being home everything has felt so complete. The air in clearer here, you can lay out and stargaze and cuddle with the ones you love. So many beautiful and well taken care of parks and trails. I love taking my daughter out walking almost every day. The kindest people with the best sense of community I could ever imagine. So many people here have shown my child so much care and love, that means more to me then I will ever be able to say. Medicine hat is everything to me. I walked down many broken roads in life, and all of them led me straight back to home. I am so proud to be raising my child here. Thank you Medicine Hat for always being my home.