🇳🇿 Christchurch | A Decade Later, in Autumn’s Embrace 🍂

"Life is but a dream"—yet here I stand, where time has rewritten streets but not the soul. 🌏 Then & Now 2010: A uni student from Melbourne, wandering with a friend under spring’s first buds at Canterbury Uni. The Avon’s flowers, the cathedral’s spire—all whole, all quiet. 2023: Married, a toddler in tow. That friend? In Hong Kong. My childhood bestie? Now studying here. The cathedral: gone with 185 lives. Autumn leaves where spring blooms once danced. 💭 Reflections Once dreamed of raising kids in NZ’s wild peace—but life anchored us in Melbourne. Yet, watching my 14-month-old devour fries with abandon, I relearn joy’s simplicity. #TimeTraveler #ChristchurchDiaries #WanderlustAndRoots ✨