Surely after all of those hours of filing our nightmare taxes I must win something for finishing.
A trophy? A free trip? Flowers? A day off?
How about just a guarantee that the government won't come after me with guns or requests to see my post-it notes full of calculations?
This year I didn't even win a refund. Bummer.
But, I did win membership in a pretty amazing country.
*A country where our son can have hundreds of thousands of dollars of MRIs and brain surgeries and medications without us worrying for a minute about the cost. (We did resent the $12 a day for parking, though.)
*A country that has been free from war on its lands since it wasn't actually Canada yet and it had a small skirmish with the U.S. (Don't discuss with a Canadian who actually won that battle.)
*A country that accepts other cultures into it so openly.
*A country with Wonderbars and All-dressed chips.
A trophy? A free trip? Flowers? A day off?
How about just a guarantee that the government won't come after me with guns or requests to see my post-it notes full of calculations?
This year I didn't even win a refund. Bummer.
But, I did win membership in a pretty amazing country.
*A country where our son can have hundreds of thousands of dollars of MRIs and brain surgeries and medications without us worrying for a minute about the cost. (We did resent the $12 a day for parking, though.)
*A country that has been free from war on its lands since it wasn't actually Canada yet and it had a small skirmish with the U.S. (Don't discuss with a Canadian who actually won that battle.)
*A country that accepts other cultures into it so openly.
*A country with Wonderbars and All-dressed chips.
*A country that came up with the funniest ad campaign I have ever seen (Diamond-Shaped Shreddies.)
*A country that gives parents 50 weeks off (paid) to begin their new baby's life off right.
*A country where a striking Sikh temple is directly across from our beautiful Stake Centre with a parking lot the size of Texas.
*A country with the most beautiful National Anthem I know. (And I've heard almost all of them because we have an electronic globe that plays them all.)
*A country with so much untouched and glorious nature.
*A country where when you write to Santa Claus he actually writes back. (That's because the North Pole is actually in Canada, of course.)
*A country where you can vote for one of about 11 parties (including the Communist, Marxist, Marijuana, and Annexation Party-which is fighting to be annexed as the 51st State.)
*A country so small that you can still register to vote in pencil just before you cast your ballot and they don't ask you for proof of citizenship.
*A country where stores all decrease their hours, or close down completely, on holidays. (It used to drive me crazy and Dallin would insist it was because Canada valued family time more than commercialism. I've finally decided he's right.)
A country that let me join and doesn't mind that I'm American too.
*A country that gives parents 50 weeks off (paid) to begin their new baby's life off right.
*A country where a striking Sikh temple is directly across from our beautiful Stake Centre with a parking lot the size of Texas.
*A country with the most beautiful National Anthem I know. (And I've heard almost all of them because we have an electronic globe that plays them all.)
*A country with so much untouched and glorious nature.
*A country where when you write to Santa Claus he actually writes back. (That's because the North Pole is actually in Canada, of course.)
*A country where you can vote for one of about 11 parties (including the Communist, Marxist, Marijuana, and Annexation Party-which is fighting to be annexed as the 51st State.)
*A country so small that you can still register to vote in pencil just before you cast your ballot and they don't ask you for proof of citizenship.
*A country where stores all decrease their hours, or close down completely, on holidays. (It used to drive me crazy and Dallin would insist it was because Canada valued family time more than commercialism. I've finally decided he's right.)
A country that let me join and doesn't mind that I'm American too.
(Sariah becomes a Canadian Citizen--September 2007)
2 comments:
My eyes are wet.
I think you got a great country but I think they got the better part of the deal; you and three of my beautiful grandchildren. Other than that I love Canada more each year.
Mom
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