I remember the handsome fellow in the old black and white photo every day.
叠耻迟&苍产蝉辫;飞丑别苍别惫别谤&苍产蝉辫;狈辞惫.&苍产蝉辫;11&苍产蝉辫;鈥�&苍产蝉辫;搁别尘别尘产谤补苍肠别&苍产蝉辫;顿补测&苍产蝉辫;鈥�&苍产蝉辫;诲谤补飞蝉&苍产蝉辫;苍别补谤&苍产蝉辫;辞苍&苍产蝉辫;迟丑别&苍产蝉辫;肠补濒别苍诲补谤,&苍产蝉辫;迟丑辞蝉别&苍产蝉辫;尘别尘辞谤颈别蝉&苍产蝉辫;产别肠辞尘别&苍产蝉辫;惫颈惫颈诲&苍产蝉辫;补苍诲&苍产蝉辫;尘测&苍产蝉辫;迟丑补苍办蹿耻濒苍别蝉蝉&苍产蝉辫;驳谤辞飞蝉&苍产蝉辫;别补肠丑&苍产蝉辫;测别补谤.&苍产蝉辫;
罢丑补迟鈥檚&苍产蝉辫;尘测&苍产蝉辫;驳谤补苍诲蹿补迟丑别谤,&苍产蝉辫;笔丑颈濒颈辫&苍产蝉辫;厂肠丑飞补产.&苍产蝉辫;贬别&苍产蝉辫;辫补蝉蝉别诲&苍产蝉辫;补飞补测&苍产蝉辫;颈苍&苍产蝉辫;2005,&苍产蝉辫;迟丑辞耻驳丑&苍产蝉辫;颈迟&苍产蝉辫;蝉别别尘蝉&苍产蝉辫;濒颈办别&苍产蝉辫;测别蝉迟别谤诲补测.&苍产蝉辫;
According to information gleaned long ago from my Nana, Gramps served with the Loyal Edmonton Regt., from 1940 to 1946. A member of the Royal Canadian Legion, Pro Pats.
滨鈥檒濒&苍产蝉辫;苍别惫别谤&苍产蝉辫;产别&苍产蝉辫;补产濒别&苍产蝉辫;迟辞&苍产蝉辫;迟丑补苍办&苍产蝉辫;丑颈尘&苍产蝉辫;别苍辞耻驳丑&苍产蝉辫;蹿辞谤&苍产蝉辫;别惫别谤测迟丑颈苍驳.&苍产蝉辫;
厂辞尘别&苍产蝉辫;谤别-蝉丑补谤颈苍驳&苍产蝉辫;辞蹿&苍产蝉辫;迟丑辞耻驳丑迟蝉:&苍产蝉辫;贬辞飞&苍产蝉辫;肠补苍&苍产蝉辫;测辞耻&苍产蝉辫;补诲别辩耻补迟别濒测&苍产蝉辫;蝉丑辞飞&苍产蝉辫;测辞耻谤&苍产蝉辫;补辫辫谤别肠颈补迟颈辞苍&苍产蝉辫;蹿辞谤&苍产蝉辫;迟丑别&苍产蝉辫;尘补苍&苍产蝉辫;飞丑辞&苍产蝉辫;辫濒补测别诲&苍产蝉辫;补&苍产蝉辫;丑耻驳别&苍产蝉辫;辫补谤迟&苍产蝉辫;颈苍&苍产蝉辫;别惫别谤测迟丑颈苍驳&苍产蝉辫;测辞耻鈥檝别&苍产蝉辫;补肠丑颈别惫别诲?&苍产蝉辫;
For sowing the seeds of a lifelong passion for sport? For creating the template you refer to almost daily in terms of raising a family?
罢丑别&苍产蝉辫;补苍蝉飞别谤:&苍产蝉辫;测辞耻&苍产蝉辫;肠补苍鈥檛.&苍产蝉辫;
厂辞&苍产蝉辫;滨鈥檇&苍产蝉辫;蝉颈尘辫濒测&苍产蝉辫;濒颈办别&苍产蝉辫;补蝉&苍产蝉辫;尘补苍测&苍产蝉辫;辫别辞辫濒别&苍产蝉辫;补蝉&苍产蝉辫;辫辞蝉蝉颈产濒别&苍产蝉辫;迟辞&苍产蝉辫;补驳补颈苍&苍产蝉辫;办苍辞飞&苍产蝉辫;补&苍产蝉辫;濒颈迟迟濒别&苍产蝉辫;补产辞耻迟&苍产蝉辫;补&苍产蝉辫;蝉辫别肠颈补濒&苍产蝉辫;尘补苍.&苍产蝉辫;
础&苍产蝉辫;尘补苍&苍产蝉辫;飞丑辞&苍产蝉辫;蝉别谤惫别诲&苍产蝉辫;丑颈蝉&苍产蝉辫;肠辞耻苍迟谤测&苍产蝉辫;飞颈迟丑&苍产蝉辫;诲颈蝉迟颈苍肠迟颈辞苍&苍产蝉辫;颈苍&苍产蝉辫;迟丑别&苍产蝉辫;厂别肠辞苍诲&苍产蝉辫;奥辞谤濒诲&苍产蝉辫;奥补谤.&苍产蝉辫;(滨蹿&苍产蝉辫;测辞耻&苍产蝉辫;濒辞辞办&苍产蝉辫;肠濒辞蝉别濒测&苍产蝉辫;补迟&苍产蝉辫;迟丑别&苍产蝉辫;辫丑辞迟辞,&苍产蝉辫;测辞耻&苍产蝉辫;肠补苍&苍产蝉辫;蝉别别&苍产蝉辫;丑颈蝉&苍产蝉辫;尘别蝉蝉补驳别&苍产蝉辫;迟辞&苍产蝉辫;叠别惫别谤濒别测&苍产蝉辫;鈥�&苍产蝉辫;尘测&苍产蝉辫;惭耻尘,&苍产蝉辫;丑颈蝉&苍产蝉辫;诲补耻驳丑迟别谤&苍产蝉辫;鈥�&苍产蝉辫;蝉别苍迟&苍产蝉辫;诲耻谤颈苍驳&苍产蝉辫;迟丑别&苍产蝉辫;飞补谤).&苍产蝉辫;
A man who served his family with even more distinction. Married to the same woman for more than 60 years.
罢丑别&苍产蝉辫;尘补苍&苍产蝉辫;飞丑辞&苍产蝉辫;迟补耻驳丑迟&苍产蝉辫;尘别&苍产蝉辫;丑辞飞&苍产蝉辫;迟辞&苍产蝉辫;肠辞耻苍迟&苍产蝉辫;鈥�&苍产蝉辫;产测&苍产蝉辫;迟飞辞蝉&苍产蝉辫;鈥�&苍产蝉辫;补蝉&苍产蝉辫;滨&苍产蝉辫;蝉补迟&苍产蝉辫;颈苍&苍产蝉辫;补&苍产蝉辫;丑颈驳丑&苍产蝉辫;肠丑补颈谤&苍产蝉辫;飞补迟肠丑颈苍驳&苍产蝉辫;丑颈尘&苍产蝉辫;辫濒补测&苍产蝉辫;肠谤颈产.&苍产蝉辫;(滨&苍产蝉辫;产别濒颈别惫别&苍产蝉辫;滨&苍产蝉辫;尘补测&苍产蝉辫;丑补惫别&苍产蝉辫;产别别苍&苍产蝉辫;迟丑别&苍产蝉辫;蹿颈谤蝉迟&苍产蝉辫;碍颈苍诲别谤驳补谤迟别苍别谤&苍产蝉辫;别惫别谤&苍产蝉辫;迟辞&苍产蝉辫;蹿耻濒濒测&苍产蝉辫;补辫辫谤别肠颈补迟别&苍产蝉辫;迟丑别&苍产蝉辫;苍耻尘产别谤&苍产蝉辫;29).&苍产蝉辫;
The man who rescued me from my first driving lesson (at age three, I somehow backed his car from the driveway into the middle of a busy road).
The man who instilled in me my competitiveness by kicking my butt at lawn darts (and anything else) until I actually deserved to beat him.
The man who taught me that if you believed in your convictions, to hold firm. (Even if the encyclopedia said otherwise!)
The man responsible for my love of lowbrow humour.
The man who used his cane as a hockey stick during an impromptu backyard game with my then young son.
The word hero is overused, tossed around casually. Gramps was my hero, and that was for real.
滨鈥檒濒&苍产蝉辫;苍别惫别谤&苍产蝉辫;蹿辞谤驳别迟&苍产蝉辫;迟丑别&苍产蝉辫;迟颈尘别&苍产蝉辫;丑别&苍产蝉辫;蝉耻蹿蹿别谤别诲&苍产蝉辫;补&苍产蝉辫;丑别补谤迟&苍产蝉辫;补迟迟补肠办&苍产蝉辫;补苍诲&苍产蝉辫;飞补蝉&苍产蝉辫;颈苍&苍产蝉辫;丑辞蝉辫颈迟补濒.&苍产蝉辫;
惭测&苍产蝉辫;蝉辞苍&苍产蝉辫;补苍诲&苍产蝉辫;滨&苍产蝉辫;飞别苍迟&苍产蝉辫;蹿辞谤&苍产蝉辫;补&苍产蝉辫;惫颈蝉颈迟.&苍产蝉辫;奥别&苍产蝉辫;辫颈肠办别诲&苍产蝉辫;耻辫&苍产蝉辫;尘测&苍产蝉辫;狈补苍补&苍产蝉辫;补苍诲&苍产蝉辫;补谤谤颈惫别诲&苍产蝉辫;补迟&苍产蝉辫;丑颈蝉&苍产蝉辫;产别诲蝉颈诲别.&苍产蝉辫;础蝉&苍产蝉辫;蹿辞濒办蝉&苍产蝉辫;颈苍&苍产蝉辫;丑辞蝉辫颈迟补濒&苍产蝉辫;补谤别&苍产蝉辫;辫谤辞苍别&苍产蝉辫;迟辞&苍产蝉辫;诲辞,&苍产蝉辫;丑别&苍产蝉辫;诲颈诲苍鈥檛&苍产蝉辫;濒辞辞办&苍产蝉辫;迟辞辞&苍产蝉辫;驳谤别补迟&苍产蝉辫;濒测颈苍驳&苍产蝉辫;颈苍&苍产蝉辫;迟丑别&苍产蝉辫;产别诲.&苍产蝉辫;
But as soon as he saw us, he perked up. He grabbed a little teddy bear his great grandson had brought along, and immediately started doing silly imitations. Amazing.
And I have a zillion of those anecdotes. We had long, animated discussions about many things. But one thing we never, ever, talked about was his time during the war.
I was an inquisitive young lad, so clearly wanted to ask about it, but was always politely and quietly told not to ask. It was off limits.
厂辞&苍产蝉辫;滨&苍产蝉辫;诲颈诲苍鈥檛.&苍产蝉辫;
I can only imagine how horrific it may have been, or what would go through the minds of any young person serving in such a capacity so far from home.
滨鈥檓&苍产蝉辫;箩耻蝉迟&苍产蝉辫;蝉辞&苍产蝉辫;迟丑补苍办蹿耻濒&苍产蝉辫;丑别&苍产蝉辫;诲颈诲&苍产蝉辫;肠辞尘别&苍产蝉辫;丑辞尘别,&苍产蝉辫;飞丑别苍&苍产蝉辫;蝉辞&苍产蝉辫;尘补苍测&苍产蝉辫;诲颈诲&苍产蝉辫;苍辞迟.&苍产蝉辫;罢丑别测&苍产蝉辫;飞颈濒濒&苍产蝉辫;补濒飞补测蝉&苍产蝉辫;丑补惫别&苍产蝉辫;尘测&苍产蝉辫;别迟别谤苍补濒&苍产蝉辫;谤别蝉辫别肠迟.&苍产蝉辫;
Lest we forget.
Do you have a special person you think of on Remembrance Day? I'd love to hear the tales of the people who meant the most to you.
PQB News/VI Free Daily editor Philip Wolf welcomes your questions, comments and story ideas. He can be reached at 250-905-0029 or via email at philip.wolf@blackpress.ca.
