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Well 2012 started off pretty well for me! I brought in this year in Istanbul with friends! I also spent the majority if this year living in Israel, which was a great experience for me. February of this year was also pretty amazing! February 10th my really great friend gave birth to my adorable little nephew Jack! That little boy makes my heart smile every time I think of the surprise he was and the joy he brings his family and most of all the miracle that he represents. In addition to the birth of Jack my niece Isabel turned one. A really great memory of February was the emergency change of plans I made to come home to the Bahamas because my mum called to tell me my Grammy (my last remaining grandparent) was in the hospital. I came home and my Grammy was released from the hospital and she's not been readmitted since!!!! February was a month of miracles I'd say. I flew back to Israel and began playing lacrosse, joined the Israeli national team and met some really great peop...

So after I finished my masters in Israel I moved back home to the Bahamas. This is the 1st time I have been back for an extended period of time since I left to go to boarding school as a teenager. Coming home meant I needed to find a job. Finding a job is difficult all over the world right now, but in the Bahamas there is an additional layer of difficulty because sometimes jobs aren't given on merit but simply on the basis of who you know in a particular position in a company. Needless to say I was quite worried if I'd find a job. I applied a few places before returning home, but never got any responses after quite a bit of effort. Soon after I came home I went on a couple of interviews and fortunately enough, I found a job. It wasn't the  job I'd expected, but it was a job and I thought it'd be an experience I'd gain from. I started working at Seahorse Institute as their Outreach Coordinator. Since starting I hadn't really done a lot of the work that my...