The UP escalator

The down escalator is faster than the up escalator.  That’s the saying of a friend of mine.  The first time I heard him say it, I was caught off guard.  “What was that?  The down escalator?”  He was referring to the ability we have to accumulate debt versus our ability to accumulate savings. Compare your…

Just send money

I have a friend, a session mate from our training days at the College for Officer Training and a collegue, who currently is appointed to International Headquarters. In preparation for Christmas cards his assistant connected with me to get our address now that we’ve relocated to Edmonton. In our chat I suggested that Lee not…

The boys

When you get married you think about having a family. Some people have a clear idea of how many children you want and there’s no debate – looking for a baseball team! Other people take it one at a time. That was certainly us, and Wendy had health issues with each pregnancy so when we…