Holly Bond

I'm speaking to you from Halifax, Nova Scotia, on the east coast of Canada. The population of Halifax is about 500,000 and growing rapidly. The population of our province is about 1.1 million. So not a lot of people here, but as I've grown through the years, the population has significantly increased. We're in a boom right now.

I'm speaking to you from Halifax, Nova Scotia, on the east coast of Canada. The population of Halifax is about 500,000 and growing rapidly. The population of our province is about 1.1 million. So not a lot of people here, but as I've grown through the years, the population has significantly increased. We're in a boom right now.

So I was born and raised in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and I've spent my entire life on the east coast of Canada. And I absolutely love it. I've traveled many places in the world and I love and I'm always excited to come back home.

So I was born and raised in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and I've spent my entire life on the east coast of Canada. And I absolutely love it. I've traveled many places in the world and I love and I'm always excited to come back home.

So interesting when I go back to and I'll go back to the very beginning of when I was growing up, it was interesting because I have five brothers and sisters and education wasn't a priority. In our growing up, you were probably going to go to trade school, as we called it.

So interesting when I go back to and I'll go back to the very beginning of when I was growing up, it was interesting because I have five brothers and sisters and education wasn't a priority. In our growing up, you were probably going to go to trade school, as we called it.

And now it's community college referred to, but trade school and become a secretary or a hairdresser or one of those careers, which is wonderful, but it wasn't for me. So I was more the black sheep of the family. And I fought to talk my parents into helping me go to university. And I did go and I took two years. So I had a sort of business certificate.

And now it's community college referred to, but trade school and become a secretary or a hairdresser or one of those careers, which is wonderful, but it wasn't for me. So I was more the black sheep of the family. And I fought to talk my parents into helping me go to university. And I did go and I took two years. So I had a sort of business certificate.

And then I left and I moved to another province. I got married and I had two children. And it always bothered me that I didn't finish my degree. It's something that always stuck out to me. And that was before the internet. We're talking 80s, early 90s. After my daughter was born in 1992, we moved back to Halifax and I went over to my university that I had my certificate from.

And then I left and I moved to another province. I got married and I had two children. And it always bothered me that I didn't finish my degree. It's something that always stuck out to me. And that was before the internet. We're talking 80s, early 90s. After my daughter was born in 1992, we moved back to Halifax and I went over to my university that I had my certificate from.

And I talked to my dean. And just a few years before that, I was this mouthy... overconfident young person. And then I arrived in the dean's office with my two children. One was two years old and one was in a baby carrier. And she laughed and she said, I will help you. And it was really difficult, I have to say, because I was reading children's books. I was focusing on being a homemaker.

And I talked to my dean. And just a few years before that, I was this mouthy... overconfident young person. And then I arrived in the dean's office with my two children. One was two years old and one was in a baby carrier. And she laughed and she said, I will help you. And it was really difficult, I have to say, because I was reading children's books. I was focusing on being a homemaker.

And so I finished my degree. And from the time I started And I think this is really important. From the time I started my degree to the time I finished and I got my certificate and it was handed to me, it was 17 years. I make jokes about it now.

And so I finished my degree. And from the time I started And I think this is really important. From the time I started my degree to the time I finished and I got my certificate and it was handed to me, it was 17 years. I make jokes about it now.

I said it took me 17 years because a lot of times having a new family and one person in the family was the income earner, sometimes we didn't have money for me to take one course. So I was taking one course at a time. I knew one day I would get there. So when I look over my left shoulder in my office, at my home office. I have my diploma on the wall and it's from 2003.

I said it took me 17 years because a lot of times having a new family and one person in the family was the income earner, sometimes we didn't have money for me to take one course. So I was taking one course at a time. I knew one day I would get there. So when I look over my left shoulder in my office, at my home office. I have my diploma on the wall and it's from 2003.

And my kids, my husband intercepted it. It came in the mail and he had it matted and framed. And on the mat, my kids wrote, my daughter wrote, congratulations, mom, I love you. And then my son wrote, we are very proud of you. You're the bomb. And so that is so meaningful to me because I wanted to show them that it's never too late to finish what you started. And that's how I brought them up.

And my kids, my husband intercepted it. It came in the mail and he had it matted and framed. And on the mat, my kids wrote, my daughter wrote, congratulations, mom, I love you. And then my son wrote, we are very proud of you. You're the bomb. And so that is so meaningful to me because I wanted to show them that it's never too late to finish what you started. And that's how I brought them up.

You always finish what you start. It doesn't matter if you're taking violin lessons or you are taekwondo, you have to finish the semester. You can leave, but you have to finish what you start and then continue on.

You always finish what you start. It doesn't matter if you're taking violin lessons or you are taekwondo, you have to finish the semester. You can leave, but you have to finish what you start and then continue on.