In April 2017 I celebrated my ten year anniversary working for Banksia Gardens Community Services in Broadmeadows. I wrote this somewhat quirky piece for the organisation's 2016-2017 annual report. The starting point was the irony of my deeply felt sense of belonging to this place, particularly because I have come from so far away and because my scientific, secular worldview prevents any mystical interpretations of this. That got me thinking about the good and bad experiences