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Rituals and traditions

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Welcome to Indelible Adventures!   If you enjoy what you read here please  subscribe to my weekly distribution list via the  Indelible Adventures  website or browse my latest photos and upcoming adventures and travel tips. In addition, if you'd like to follow me on all my social media - see the links below.   Facebook   -   Google+  -  Twitter  -  Instagram  -  LinkedIn  -  ImageBrief   -  National Geographic                -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Do you ever wonder where your family rituals and traditions come from?   To be honest we didn’t have a lot of rituals or traditions growing up but the one that sticks in my mind is when we would all gather to spend either Christmas day or Boxing day  together.  Y es, we celebrate Boxing Day in Australia,...

Labour of Love

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After moving continents and finding myself in Canada it was a bit of a lonely existence considering that my family was all in Australia.  It all started when Zach was a baby; actually to be honest we have to go back even further than that to when I first arrived here.   Strangely my relationship with my family in Australia has always been a little tenuous, and moving across the globe did little to change that dynamic.  However, given that I had instigated such a drastic move its hard to feel sorry for me or my situation, after all if I wanted to visit them I know where they live...right? Somehow this time of year always make me think of home and the hot, Australian summer just getting underway a little more than normal.  Strangely its more than that though, it’s a deep feeling of longing to be amongst my family, although now it would only be with my brothers, sister, nieces and nephews because without mum or dad I feel a little rudderless around this time of year...