Aussie Spirit

Get your reading glasses out.

After our devastating news about our baby we decided to get out of the "hole" we seemed to be stuck in.
So we flew to .....
AUSTRALIA!

I love this country more then words can explain & one of my bestest friends lives here so we thought why not? Honestly, it has done exactly what we wanted it to.

We have been so busy that we haven't had time to stop & process everything, which some might think isn't a good idea but I don't want to do anything but enjoy my family right now & relish this absolutely gorgeous country, during it's summertime while we have freezing temperatures at home along with inches and inches of snow!

We were in Sydney for a while before we travelled up to Queensland to take the girls to the amusement parks. My best friend's Mom let us 4 stay with her & after a couple days there with lots and lots of rain, all of us on flood watch. We all helped pack up the most precious belongings in the house & moved them to higher untouchable ground.

2 days after we finished up with packing we were told to evacuate, we were all ready for it as hard it was going to be. We went to an evacuation center to stick out the floods, we stayed there for a few days till it was safe to return to the house.

The WHOLE house was flooded, a two story home demolished by Mother Nature's fury. But you know what these Aussies are STILL smiling after all this because they know that everything will be okay for them. Something that us Americans wouldn't be feeling like.

Remember Katrina? The mess that was left there for months & months without any help. Well you should see how amazing this country works. People are already re-building their houses. This clean-up will be over by the end of the year & it some areas already looks like it's been finished up. Everybody helps everybody out, there are thousands of volunteers that are lending their hands out to everyone. A Mud Army coming from every inch of the country to help, People donating from their own back pockets, donating their own personal items to help someone else.

This would NEVER happen in America & it really is truly devastating. Everyone always talks about the Aussie spirit and how wonderful the people are down here but you really can't describe it until you are here in a situation like this and feel it for yourself.

Biggest thing I've learnt this week is that life does go on, tragedy happens but the world doesn't stop. Such an emotional week & journey I'm actually feeling blessed to have been a part of.

I never want to leave this place and all the beautiful people that I have come across & made life friends from. It's going to be tough but we have commitments at home & we need to get Lily back to school.

Until the next time I remember to write to you mr. blog

Krystal & Co.

bye bye baby.