The milestone of a mortgage

It’s January 4th. After my parents retired, my Dad kept a daily diary, usually of the few things that made up their day, a visit with Mom’s sisters, or a duty at the corps, or a trip to see us – or other family members. They had rented a lovely condo in St. Catharine’s, Ontario…

Happiness

What is there to be happy about? The news is terrible. Death, despair, tragedy, hurt and loss. What is there to be happy about it. Let me say, you can have personal happiness and optimism, and recognize that the world is a difficult place and there is much to make one anxious. And yet, let…

Dad at 95

We were away when Dad’s birth date when zooming by. I was walking along the street in downtown Calgary, the city I was born in, thinking about Dad at 95. What would that have been like. A compassionate man who loved his family deeply I think would have been more compassionate, more loving. That’s my…