I love you Canada

Dear Canada,

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I am so sad I am not there to celebrate your day of birth, but don’t you worry, I am celebrating from across the ocean. I have been looking forward to this day for a few weeks now, and I sure made some great plans. First and foremost, I would like to honor you by only eating foods that I would eat in your beloved country. So I went to the supermarket yesterday and bought the following items:

- Small muffins
- Peanut butter
- Jam
- Cookies
- Chocolate
- Chips

So, I am fully stocked to eat all Canadian foods! Next is the clothing I am wearing. I have a grey shirt with the Canadian flag on front (left to my by my dear hut-mate Wren), a red baseball cap that has the Canadian flag on the front, and I have been carrying and waving around a mini flag all day. I am so proud of you Canada, and so proud to call myself a Canadian. So I would like to honor you and show my deep love for you by writing the following “Ode to Canada”

O Canada, you are so beautiful to me
I love you for your clean streets and sidewalks
I love you for garbage disposal system, and for your recycling system as well
I love that cold milk is available everywhere
The environment boasts beautiful trials and waterfalls, that are safe to walk
O Canada, how I appreciate your seasons
The beautiful autumn, where colour-changing leaves, pumpkin treats and crisp air swirl through the land
And the cold winter, which though sometimes is annoying, allows flurries, tobogganing, hot chocolate to be enjoyed with fluffy marshmallows, snow ball fights and sparking bare trees
And then there is the spring, in which rain brings life to all the beautiful flowers and plants
And summer, which we all look forward to so much, in which we can all relax and go swimming outdoors and enjoy hot dogs and ice cream
O Canada, how I appreciate your police force, who are always there to actually carry out the law
I love you for the warm water needed for showers, and for the cold water needed for drinking
I love you for the genius availability of dishwashers and washer and dryer machines
I love so many things about you Canada, but most of all I enjoy the freedom, opportunity and choice you have given me throughout my life
Have a great birthday, and know that I am thinking of you all day today!