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Does it truly take traveling 5,603 miles to realize what you have? Sometimes it does.
Going on this trip to Italy really made me realize how much I have here, in North America, in Vancouver. It opened my eyes to a lot of beautiful things: the architecture, the breathtaking views, etc, but it also made me realize how lucky we are in Canada.
Sometimes we don't realize just exactly what we have until it's taken from us, even if it's just for a while.
And sometimes, you don't realize you're looking for something that's been here all along. You always have more than you think.
I'm so thankful for my friends: the ones that will answer my stupid questions, laugh with me and at times, AT me, the ones that I can text at 3 am, the ones I frantically get wifi in Italy for, the ones that always make me smile after the fact, the ones that won't judge me, the ones that are worth the apologies and the ones that don't take me for granted.