Chris From Canada Bay

You may or may not have noticed that the tone of my blog has changed recently. I’ve been working through some stuff in real life (not that blogging isn’t real life, but you know what I mean!) and I’m at a place where it’s okay for me to make an announcement.

I’ve really been thinking about what is next for me, personally, and for us as a family in terms of life direction and we’ve come to the decision that it is time to move on.

Before I go too far, let me acknowledge that word spreads quick these days and even though I’ve done my best to communicate this news to people who are close to me, this may be the first you’re hearing of our decision. I’m sorry that I didn’t get the news to you personally but hopefully this allows me to give you a big picture of what’s happening.

I know that some of you are probably wondering what is next for us and where we are going. I will definitely answer your question and hopefully give you all the info you’re looking for.

I’m sure you can recognize the fact that we live in a world (like it or not!) where branding is vital to the identity of any company, church, person, whatever and that everything we do either adds or detracts from that brand. When I started ChrisFromCanada.com it wasn’t with the intention of “branding myself” but in a sense that is what has happened. People will link to my site and refer to me as “Chris From Canada” and I’m totally fine with that.

In thinking about that, I decided that wherever we would go next in life should be in line with the current “life-brand” that I am trying to build. Staying within Canada was definitely an option but we didn’t want to close any doors. After much thought and assistance from friends (new and old!) we are very excited to announce that we’ll be moving – not to Canada but to Canada Bay, Australia!

You need to know that this wasn’t an easy issue for us. There are lots of beautiful places we could decide to live but the only choice we had – outside of the country of Canada – was Canada Bay, if I wanted to maintain my ChrisFromCanada.com branding. Because of the vital importance of that identity in my life, the decision was made and we’ll be packing our bags and moving south. Very south!

Some facts about Canada Bay -

• suburb just west of Sydney
• originally built as a prison for rebels after the Lower Canada Rebellion of 1837
• city of Canada Bay officially founded in 2000 after a merger of two smaller councils
• beautiful community located on the ocean and features parks, golf courses and tennis courts
• great focus on the arts and cultural development

Of course we are excited about this and scared at the same time. The sad news is that we’ll be leaving all of our friends and family behind but the good news is that you’ll still be able to follow our adventures at ChrisFromCanada.com! Thank you for your friendship and your support as we work through the issues that will come with this decision that we’ve made on the first day of April.