Our true identity

Ugly duckling or of infinite worth? Do you understand who you really are?
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A long way from home....

This is our view from the balcony. My husband calls it a million dollar view - perhaps it is but I miss home. There's no place like New Zealand. There are so many good things about here too (Thursday Island a.k.a. TI). The locals are very friendly and helpful. A man asked us yesterday if he could carry something for us. I think it's because the pace of life is slower so people have more time to do service for others? The kids have just finished off a bowl of rice each. Jacob has sticky fingers he is using to climb the couch. He has wanted his sheepskin more since we left home. Jordan started calling me Mother as of yesterday. It sounds funny. She did call me Mama before that.
It is strange living somewhere so hot. The air con is on whenever we are home almost nonstop. It reminds me of stepping off the plane in Hawaii with Marena and feeling the heat - then it took a while to get used to. What else reminds me of there is the frangipanis and hibiscus flowers - they are gorgeous. We have a coconut and banana tree pretty much at our doorstep - wonder how you get bananas down?????
Everything is different - the taste of the water, even the bottled water tastes strange to me!! The products on the shelves are different to what I am used to in general - apart from the generic things like weetbix, rice, vegemite (sadly no marmite. Jordan has adapted to vegemite. It's like a foreign place - kind of but it's going to be home for a bit. I will settle in, but it's going to take some time:)