December 17, 2009

  • It's December...

    so it must be Gran canaria! I know that I come here every year around this time but it shouldn't make you think I am boring - I just like it here. Gran Canaria has become a sort of touchstone for me and if you look over the last few years some pretty amazing things, some good - some bad, have happened to me and around me whilst here or shortly before coming here.

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    When my dad almost died here in 2005 it was only the natural beauty of the island that kept me going as we fought the insurance company and negotiated with the hospital... being able to walk up into the mountains and just sit on a rock for half an hour and have a good cry before coming down to be strong for mom was so important for my mental health back then.

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    Of course seven months later Desmond had died and the holiday to GC in December was something I could not hveimagined taking back then, but it was booked and I went and again the natural beauty of the island helped to heal me and showed me what the way forward was. My 2006 'epiphany on the dune' led me into alternative therapies, healing with energy, feeding people with simple food and love etc. It enabled me to see that I could be loved - that there was something in me worth loving. 

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    In 2007 I came back here with a load of friends and some family and had  great time, though knowing that one person who should have been there - Patrick wasn't. This was rectified of course in 2008 by which time I had not only become engaged but had successfully given up a job I wasn't enjoying and had taken the big decision to sell mine and Desmond's house and head off to Belfast.

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    Yes, Gran Canaria is indeed a touchstone for me. It's less about the nightlife and more about the landscape and the memory of the people I have shared it with these last ten years or so.  

Comments (3)

  • I can understand now why it is such a special place for you. I hope that you have a wonderful time this year that will fill your " memory bank " for many more years. Marie

  • Your inner search knows where to call home. When we are wrapped up in life, if we trust, it will unfold before us. YOU, my xanga friend, teach me this with every blog you write. Thank you!. Very very much.

  • That is a beautiful place. Thanks for sharing!

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