When we were young

Here we are – The Heralds of Hope. The Salvation Army’s 1981 to 1983 session of cadets. That’s Wendy and I on the bottom right. Lots of stories that came out of the faces here. Sadly we lost 5 of our session to cancer. But 35 years later we had a most interesting reunion! We…

2023 in review

When we were young SA officers I would get the statement telling me what our monthly pension would be. I didn’t really understand those statements in those days and I remember being shocked and worried that I would get $104/month! Yikes. I later realized that each year that number increased based on years of service,…

Merry and bright

Amid our Christmas shopping – almost done – we ran into WalMart, not my favourite place, to get a couple of things and this young lady was on the kettle. She is the epitome of enthusiasm when it comes to volunteers and Christmas. I asked if I might take her picture and she readily agreed…