A story of the rhinestone hat. Mom wore many hats to manage her household. She had this quirky sense of fashion, and often wore the funniest and funkiest hats, colors didn’t matter or whether they were men’s caps or even…
Category: Family
Transitioning. At the end of November 2017 we sold our house in Thunder Bay, and packed our stuff into a moving truck and flew to Toronto, just before the snowstorm hit Thunder Bay. Now three years later, we can say…
Have you ever received a love letter or written one to someone? Many movies are based on letters they find in the attic or from a grandparent to enhance the plot. Historical writers research old letters in archives to help…
Regrets Left Unsaid. My sister left this earth in a sudden flash. No goodbye. No phone call. No hints of a life ending. How could I have known? Having grieved her decades ago yet some regrets still linger. When I think…
Our granddaughter had just come to the cottage. It was lunch time. She wanted mac and cheese. That was easy to prepare, so I pulled out a box. I boiled the water and put the macaroni in the pot. Within…
First Decade – I knew you… when you were born as the middle son of three who broke the rules of tradition and dreamed of faraway places when business and salesmanship blood burned in your bones to create your Christmas…
The month of September will be remembered forever, not for its beauty and warm summer weather, but for the uplifting of our mother to Heaven, the eternal home she so longed for during the past several months. Time had come….
Trying to remember. One of the symptoms of living with dementia. Daily visits with my own Mother has become a journey of remembering and prayer. Together we read the scriptures and ask God to help us remember. “But I will…