Autumn is in full swing

After a particularly warm September and October we are finally into autumn weather…why do we talk about the weather so much? Wierd – don’t you think.   Yesterday would have been Dad’s 87th birthday. I wondered for a bit what he might be like? And then I thought about what he is like – in…

It’s October 20

Fifteen years ago around 6 am our Dad went to be with Jesus. It was a quiet moment, some tears but really a great deal of thankfulness. Thankfulness for a peaceful passing, for sparing him pain, for releasing him into Jesus’ arms, for a life well lived, for our having a great Dad who loved…

October 20

It was early in the morning – I think around 6:30 on October 20, 2012 that Mom, Cath and I walked out of the hospital in St. Catharines Ontario having bid farewell and watched as Dad took his last breath and walked on into Glory.  It was a peaceful passing without any anguish – or…