Reality Check
It's an absolutely gorgeous day outside.
Normally I would complain that I'm stuck inside working on a day like today.
However, across town there is a group of people stuck inside a hotel conference room, sharing their pain with each other.
They are family members of missing and murdered Aboriginal women.
I went there to do a story for CBC, and one woman whose daughter went missing in February was gracious enough to speak to me.
I can't even begin to imagine her pain or the pain of everyone else there.
Talk about perspective. Listening to this woman tell her story through tears, I realised I have absolutely nothing to complain about. My life may not be perfect, but really, it's pretty darn close. I'm safe, healthy, and loved. Can't ask for much more than that.
Normally I would complain that I'm stuck inside working on a day like today.
However, across town there is a group of people stuck inside a hotel conference room, sharing their pain with each other.
They are family members of missing and murdered Aboriginal women.
I went there to do a story for CBC, and one woman whose daughter went missing in February was gracious enough to speak to me.
I can't even begin to imagine her pain or the pain of everyone else there.
Talk about perspective. Listening to this woman tell her story through tears, I realised I have absolutely nothing to complain about. My life may not be perfect, but really, it's pretty darn close. I'm safe, healthy, and loved. Can't ask for much more than that.