{"id":16484,"date":"2016-05-02T09:41:28","date_gmt":"2016-05-02T16:41:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigmal.net\/?p=16484"},"modified":"2016-05-02T09:41:28","modified_gmt":"2016-05-02T16:41:28","slug":"anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigmal.net\/?p=16484","title":{"rendered":"Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"

4 years ago today, I walked through the car park of an airport dragging the following with me<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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From Emigrating to the USA<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

I was setting off on an epic journey one that would change my life forever. Funnily enough thanks to the date line i would touch back down into Los Angeles still on the same day. My new life would begin early in the morning on the 2nd of May 2012. I cleared immigration and would begin a whole new journey. I was now a resident in the USA. It wasn’t permanent at that point, but it was for a few years at least.<\/p>\n

So much has changed over the last few years, I have moved around a few times, changed jobs, met someone I love, got married, travelled, done some amazing things and it has only been 4 years! O how time has changed! I have so many new friends, friends who make me thankful for life each and every day. I walked away from my life back in Australia and left everyone behind. That was not easy but my new friends and family over here make it easier each day.<\/p>\n

As the new year in this country begins, this one will be a blast. I start a whole new chapter with Heidi in the next few months with a new house, getting to introduce my family to my wife & her family. I am sure that as things in the new job get better and better, life will be a roller coaster.<\/p>\n

Looking back over photos from that flight over to the USA and the first few weeks in the country was a blast this morning. However I did see one photo that made me think twice:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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From Emigrating to the USA<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

This thing has been haunting me since the day I arrived in this country…… nemesis!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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