Time Flies....

and change is a constant. Since my last post, there have been yet more changes. I am now a happily married woman living in new home and on the brink of starting a new job. After 13 years, I have decided to make a change on the job front. I finished my last shift at Tim Horton's on Friday with mixed emotions and one or two tears. See, without Tim's my life would be completely different. When I moved to Timmins 10 yrs ago, I was a newlywed and took a job at the Tim's in South Porcupine and assumed ot would be temporary until I found a different line of work. Turns out, temporary meant 10 yrs. In my time at that particular store, I made friends, got pregnant, had a little boy and life was good. Then it all turned upside down. Long story short, I became a single mother of one. That changed my life. I met a man who was also employed at the Square and we became friends. Ok, friends with benefits if I'm telling the WHOLE story. On August 11, 2008, he took a job at Future Shop and I turned his world upside down when I told him he was gonna be a daddy. At that point in my life, I was still very much confused and scared and lonely and a whole host of other emotions. Shortly after, I told him I was not ready for a serious relationship and we ended the "with benefits" part, but still reamined friends and in constant contact. After all, he was to be the father of my child...I delivered Noah on April 15, 2009 with the help of my best friend and for a long time, we did the whole sharing care of Noah. Then one day last March, we went for lunch and somwhere between picking him up and ordering lunch, I realized what a great man and father he was and that I would be a fool to let him get away a second time. We kind of picked up right where we left off, as if we had never been apart for 18 months. This summer he propsed, I said yes and bing bang boom, we were married New Year's Day. In addition to Curtis and Noah, I would not have met Laura, who is more or less the other half of me and my BFF. We get each other in a way only certain people can. She and I have seen a lot over the last 3 years, and last March I almost lost her. I am thankful everyday she made it through and was able to stand beside me as my Maid of Honour at the wedding. I couldn't and wouldn't have done it without her. So in addition to 13 years of income, Tim Horton's has given me many gifts that I would not have otherwise have. The love of a wonderful man, a second beautiful son and a best friend who is without a doubt, also family. For those things alone, I will forever be thankful.