Article content After graduating from high school in the early ’90s, Owen Sound’s Jen McGuire worked as a nanny for a year in Switzerland. “I really loved it,” the freelance writer and author said Saturday. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. McGuire writes about motherhood, trip to Europe as an empty-nester Back to video “I just really liked being over there and felt like myself there in a way that you’re not defined by all the people who already know you.” Not long after her time in Europe and return to Canada, McGuire began the roller-coaster ride that is motherhood.