Month: August 2025

  • Letter #5: Not New, Not Settled

    Dear Moon, Almost three weeks ago, I was in Tokyo. Orientation was a relentless – workshops, endless introductions, and a constant buzz of energy that made everything feel overwhelming and exciting. We wore business suits in the August heat, shuffling between conference rooms and icebreakers, laughing with strangers who already felt like friends. It was…

  • August 2, 2025 35,000 feet above the Pacific Dear Moon, As I’m sitting here on the plane to Tokyo – not tired enough to sleep, not alert enough to do anything productive – it finally sinks in: This is truly happening. I’m flying to a country I’ve never visited, on a continent I’ve never stepped…

  • Location: Calgary, AB Dear Moon, Orientation just ended. The room is finally quiet. My roommate is out with her family and I’m on the hotel bed, still wearing the same clothes I barely had time to change into this morning (but of course having changed into slippers) It’s strange how fast the day moved –…