A ball of wool
So I made the big jump. I resigned from my job as a teacher, I packed up my belongings, and I flew to another country. I wish I could say that I was able to make a clean break, but relationships and my impracticality still tie me to my former home like a thread to a ball of wool. They are a part of me. My trajectory has landed me safely in another country - New Zealand, the fifth largest wholly island nation on earth. And I am glad to be here. The colliding Pacific and Indo-Australian tectonic plates are responsible for the erupted earthquakes that have formed and continue to form this idyllic landscape. In New Zealand a volcano is a tourist attraction. Rangitoto Volcano close to Auckland is marketed as the newest of Auckland's volcanoes (600 years old) and welcomes families to explore its island's lava crops. Choice! (slang for cool, great ) New Zealand has been called "God's own country" since the 1800s. Who am I to arg...