The status of one of my friends on facebook read “Dear World. Canada will be closed for the next couple of hours“. I bet you can guess when this was!  It seemed so fitting and so absolutely perfect….especially given the circumstances : )  This was the game of all games – the gold that the country was hoping for and the medal that seemed to matter the most to many.

They said, following the win, that Canadians will remember where they were at that moment for years to come.  It is true.  Where was I at that moment, you ask?  Well….we were walking (and shooting) in the midst of Cathedral Grove on Vancouver Island – one of the most beautiful and serene places in this country. It seemed so ironic given what was going on and how people were swarming to TVs and radios all over the country, waiting with baited breath, wondering if today may be the day. Now don’t get me wrong…I was not oblivious to the game!  Far from it!  Thanks to a wonderful friend, I was receiving play by play texts and was stressed enough as it was with Canada being ahead by 2….then only by 1……then US scoring with only seconds left in the game to tie it up. YIKES!  Then there was overtime… and that goal by Crosby that will not be forgotten!

We stopped for ice cream in Coombs to celebrate the gold (and to explore) and I smiled as I listened to various people greet each other in the streets.  It was not with a “hello” or a “good evening” but with a “Did you see the game!?”  There was a smile playing on the lips and a spring in the step of passers by – as if they were concealing a wonderful secret….or perhaps just refraining from jumping up and down!

Where were you at that unforgettable moment?

Proud to be Canadian!

Christine