When Jason and I first came down to Mexico, we had no intention at that time to make it our home. If you were to have asked me 7 years ago if I ever thought I was going to live in Mexico, I would have laughed and said "Are you crazy?" However I think it is the single best thing that we could have ever done, for our relationship, our business expectations and over all well being. Once we were captured by the beautiful blue skies each day and the mentality of living life to its fullest, there was no turning back.
The original plan was to travel Mexico for 6 months. This was about 6 YEARS ago. Upon completion of our trip we were to return to Canada, where Jason and I were both born and raised, and continue life as we knew it. Jason, at that time had a fence and decking business in Fort McMurray, AB in which he catered to the rapid development in that area. Prior to his own business, he worked with Ford Canada in the capacity of a sales executive and sales manager for 10 years. As for me, I was a Phlebotomist/B.A.T technician/ Drug Screener working 40 hours and week and on call at nights in one of the biggest oil producing towns in Canada. Needless to say I too was ready to seek a change pace.
Venturing off to a foreign country, in itself was an adventure, let alone having the majority of those we left behind thinking we were crazy and were never to be seen again. As we travelled down from Canada, I still to this day will never forget the night before crossing the border into Mexico. Our minds were plagued with what may happen or what could happen to only discover it was nothing as expected. We were programmed and conditioned by media, family and those that never had the experience to say, that this was an unsafe place and our lives were going to be taken. However, something quite the opposite happened, we discovered life. We were shown how little it takes to be truly happy. How material things are just that, and that true joy in life comes from enjoying your surroundings with the ones that you love. For this, we will always be indebted to the Mexican culture.
