Sarah Beaulne is another fairly new friend. I say new since we met after this blog's creation. Our first interactions were when we both on Team Nunavik Quebec heading to Whitehorse. She was the liaison in the TNQ mission office, I was the female snowshoe coach. She had a great sense of humour and gave me a lift to pick up medications for a few of the girls who had become sick and were in isolation for part of the week. I was exhausted and stuck with the task of staying in a classroom to watch the girls sleep, JUST in case they needed anything. Event rules stated someone had to be with them all day and could only leave them for sleeping hours. There was no internet, no books, nothing to do other than sit, think and write in my journal as the two girls slept and recovered.
The car ride was a break away to get fresh air, and she really lifted my spirits. That was an epic trip and I wish I could find the crazy video of us on the plane when I convinced everyone to "do the Harlem Shake" despite them having no clue what the heck that meant. (It was JUST starting as a trend, how avant-garde of us eh?)
Since that time I have had the pleasure of working with Sarah at the school board. She is a brilliant and distinguished member of the executive committee, that helps to ensure the positive direction of the board. I have been welcomed into her home on my visits to PUV and learned that she takes her BINGO seriously (that was the only time she told me to be quiet before as I asked incessant questions about how does that work, why do you have so many sheets, that's not the same way we play in GR, haha) Sarah has beautiful kiddos and I feel at home when I am there. Last time I arrived I walked in to the house and Eliana, (her daughter in the picture below who was practicing making the fishing net from string games) said, "You!" and came over and gave me a big bear hug when she saw me.
Whoever says that the north is bitter and cold doesn't know the Inuit people!
Song of the Moment: Put your money on me by The Struts
The car ride was a break away to get fresh air, and she really lifted my spirits. That was an epic trip and I wish I could find the crazy video of us on the plane when I convinced everyone to "do the Harlem Shake" despite them having no clue what the heck that meant. (It was JUST starting as a trend, how avant-garde of us eh?)
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