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popularity continues today. Then, in the spring of 2016, we added Huron-Perth Boomers to our suite of publications, and now publish all three every quarter, and still offering free distribution to our faithful readers. Above: Amy gets to know an elephant at a sanctuary in the jungle of northern Thailand. We spent a night frolicking in the grass, mud and river with the five resident elephants at the no-electricity sanctuary, in November 2019. Below: Dwight finishes up the Spring 2020 issue in our hostel’s restaurant on the Thai island of Koh Lanta. GBK AROUND THE WORLD In July 2019, we took our magazines on the road, as our family embarked on a one-year trip around the world as part of a sabbatical program offered by Dwight’s (other) employer. The beauty of technology – as well as help with magazine delivery from family and other community members – meant we could prepare and publish three issues simultaneously, even as the four of us backpacked through 12 countries – the U.S., western Canada, London, UK, Paris, a Kenyan safari, various Indonesian islands, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia and Sri Lanka. Unbeknownst to many, we completed our Fall 2019 issue from a hostel in Nanaimo, B.C., not having been home for six weeks at that point. It was a challenge to focus on our Winter 2019/20 issue while experiencing the mind-blowing and tongue-numbing flavours found in the street food and the stifling humidity of the cities and jungles of northern Thailand that November. Our Spring 2020 issue was fine-tuned with feet buried into the sandfloored restaurant at our hostel on the tiny Thai island of Koh Lanta in February 2020, with final edits completed in a swaying hammock. Unfortunately, on March 16, 2020, after 18 days of fresh fruit smoothies made with produce from the stand next door, and surfing morning and night at our quiet beach, we scrambled to catch one of the last flights off the island of Sri Lanka. The COVID-19 pandemic had finally forced us home, our year-long travels ending three months early. While our kids experienced the sights, sounds, smells, and tastes of international travel during our nine months as backpackers, the Summer 2020 issue was a completely different experience – for one, we were stuck in our house, during the early days of the pandemic. It was the also first of five issues of Grey-Bruce Kids that were only available online, and we’re very happy to be back in print with this, our second issue since the pandemic brought the world to a stand-still. We are incredibly fortunate to own a business that could be operated from some of the most stunning – and sometimes rustic – places in the world. And I apologize if I took a while to respond to your email… you’d be surprised how little wifi there can be on the savannah of the Maasai Mara in Kenya, or during a two-day boat ride down the Mekong River between Thailand and Laos, or at an electricity-free elephant sanctuary in the Thai jungle... THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT I sometimes pause to consider there are readers out there who first picked up Grey-Bruce Kids when they were raising a preteen or full-blown teenager and are now grandparents! I hope they picked up at least one nugget of information that made them a better parent then, and a better grandparent now. I also hope
that they have shared our magazine with their children, as they themselves become new parents. The fact our publication is now spanning generations is why we’re still excited every time we send an edition to the printer – even 40 issues after our first. Thank you to all our readers, contributors, distributors and advertisers – we certainly wouldn’t be here today without you. We cannot thank our families enough for their assistance and advice over the years – from those difficult first days when I was in the hospital to organizing the distribution while we experienced the world, we are forever indebted to you. To our wonderful daughters Layne and Jace – who grace the front cover of this issue – you are our inspiration and, though we can’t say we’re always perfect at taking the advice we offer within these pages, please know that we love you with all our hearts and can’t wait to see what great impact you’ll have in this world. GBK AMY IRWIN is the Publisher of Grey-Bruce Kids, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary with this issue. Follow GBK on Facebook and access our archived issues at www.greybrucekids.com. She is also the Publisher of Grey-Bruce and Huron-Perth Boomers magazines. Jace, left, and Layne enjoy sunset at Dream Beach on the Indonesian island of Nusa Lembongan. BY PLAYING A CRITICAL ROLE IN CANADA’S CLEAN ENERGY FUTURE. brucepower.com greybrucekids.com • 9
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