WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DAY!!! THE AIR IS A LITTLE CRISP!! OR AS MOM CALLED IT " IT'S FREEZING"". SHE STARTED @ 6 A.M. I DROVE OVER AND PICKED UP ONE OF OUR OLDER TEMPLE WORKERS SO SHE WOULDN'T HAVE TO TAKE A TAXI TO THE BUS DEPOT AND THEN A BUS. MY SESSION WASN'T TILL 8. SO I WAITED @ THE FRONT AND GREETED PEOPLE AS THEY CAME 4 THE 7 O'CLOCK SESSION. I WAS SO GLAD TO SEE FRIENDS FROM OTHER WARDS THAT WE DON'T GET TO SEE THAT OFTEN. I WAS SADDEN THAT I DIDN'T SEE SOME I HAD HOPED WOULD BE THERE. OUR WARD HAD A VERY GOOD TURN-OUT OF MEMBERS AND WORKERS. I WAS ON BOTH OF OUR WARD SESSIONS AND WAS ABLE TO DO 2 OF MY DISTANT RELATIVES. WHEN I WENT HOME AND PUT THEIR INFO INTO MY PAF PROGRAM AND CHECK newFAMILYSEARCH I FOUND 6 COUPLES THAT COULD NOW HAVE THE WORK DONE 4 THEM. ONE WAS A FAMILY OF 14. STILL HAVE TO CHECK IF THERE WERE ANY DUPLICATES.
I HOPE UR DAY WAS A GREAT AS MINE.
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
TIME
TIME GOES BY SO FAST NOW DAYS!! FRIENDS COME AND GO SO FAST AS WELL. AT LESS FRIENDS ARE CONSTANT; WE ALWAYS STAY IN TOUCH. I SOMETIME WONDER WHAT HAPPENED TO SOME OF MY TEENAGE FRIENDS? WHERE R THEY ? R THEY STILL ALIVE? HOW ABOUT OLD GIRLFRIENDS? R THEY HAPPY AND WELL . HAVE THEY BEEN AS BLESSED AS ME. WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD? I HOPE THE CELESTIAL KINGDOM EVENTUALLY.
I WISH I WAS STILL ABLE TO PLAY SPORTS LIKE I DID WHEN I WAS YOUNGER. I LOVED TO RUN. I LOVED BASKETBALL ( ALTHOUGH I WASN'T REALLY THAT GOOD) AND BASEBALL. BUT TIME AND INJURIES HAVE PUT AN END TO MOST OF THAT. CAN STILL CRAWL AND SWIM; SO I GUESS I SHOULD BE LUCKY CAUSE OTHERS CAN'T EVEN DO THAT.
I WISH I WAS STILL ABLE TO PLAY SPORTS LIKE I DID WHEN I WAS YOUNGER. I LOVED TO RUN. I LOVED BASKETBALL ( ALTHOUGH I WASN'T REALLY THAT GOOD) AND BASEBALL. BUT TIME AND INJURIES HAVE PUT AN END TO MOST OF THAT. CAN STILL CRAWL AND SWIM; SO I GUESS I SHOULD BE LUCKY CAUSE OTHERS CAN'T EVEN DO THAT.
Friday, March 28, 2008
Thursday, March 27, 2008
MARRIAGES
JUST SOMETHING ABOUT THE MARRIAGES I HAVE WITNESSED.
LET ME START WITH MY OWN MARRIAGE:
I WAS MARRIED ON SEPTEMBER 7 1968 IN DUNDEE SCOTLAND( HOME OF MY WIFE MARY BISSET MATHIESON SNEE. IT WAS THE FIRST TIME I HAD LEFT THE NORTH AMERICAN CONTINENT AND THE FIRST TIME ON AN AIRPLANE. DUNDEE IS AN OLD SCOTTISH TOWN ON THE EAST COAST OF SCOTLAND. THERE WEREN'T ANY MODERN BUILDING EXCEPT THE CHAPEL. THE SCENERY WAS BEAUTIFUL. WE FLEW FROM TORONTO TO GLASGOW; THEN TRAIN TO DUNDEE. THE HILLS WERE BEAUTIFUL WITH ROLLING
HILLS AND LUSH GREEN GRASS.
I WAS INTRODUCED TO MARY'S FAMILY. THERE WAS BILLY ( OLDEST BROTHER @ HOME) ALAN, IAN AND SHEILA (TWINS) AND FIONA AND OF COURSE MOM AND DAD. THAT NIGHT I WAS TAKEN TO UNCLE BOB'S ( WHERE I WAS TO STAY).
WE NEXT HAD TO POST BANDS @ THE CITY HALL; SO IF ANYONE KNEW WHY WE SHOULDN'T BE ALLOWED TO MARRY COULD OBJECT. MARY TOOK ME TO MEET SOME OF HER FRIENDS. TOOK A TRIP TO LOCH LOMOND. THE DAY B4 THE WEDDING I RENTED A MOURNING SUIT AND HAD MY HAIR CUT(then i had reason to mourn) THE BARBER HAD CUT MY HAIR TOO SHORT.(SEE MY WEDDING PICS) WE RENTED A TAXI TO DRIVE MARY TO THE CHAPEL . THE WEDDING WAS VERY SPECIAL WITH HER BRANCH PRESIDENT PERFORMING THE CEREMONY. BILLY WAS MY BEST MAN, AND KATHY ROY AS MAID OF HONOUR AND PAM FISKEN(NOW DUNSTALL) AS BRIDESMAID; WITH SHEILA & FIONA SNEE AND DEBBIE WYND AS FLOWERGIRLS. NOT SURE IF IAN WAS THE RING BEARER BUT I THINK BILLY HAD THEM IN HIS POCKET.
WE HAD A WILD RECEPTION DOWNTOWN WITH SINGING AND DANCING.
WE THEN TRAVEL TO EDINBURGH AND STAYED IN A HOTEL THEN ON TO LONDON TO THE TEMPLE TO BE MARRIED 4 TIME AND ALL ETERNITY. WE GOT LOST AND WENT DOWN THE WRONG ROAD LOOKING 4 THE INN TO STAY @. FINALLY FOUND IT AND WOKE UP THE HOST. NEXT DAY WE WENT TO THE TEMPLE. I WAS VERY NERVOUS. (if u want to know y ask me privately) WE STAYED THERE 4 3 DAYS AND THEN WENT AND MET TOMMY (AS HE WAS ON HIS MISSION IN ENGLAND). WHEN WE CAME BACK TO CANADA WE HAD ANOTHER RECEPTION 4 OUR FRIENDS HERE.
NEXT WEDDING WAS MY SON IAN
MY SON IAN MET THE MOST WONDERFUL YOUNG LADY AND PLANNED A SPECIAL ENGAGED EVENT. WE HAD A FRIEND WHOSE BACKYARD FACED THE TORONTO TEMPLE. IT WAS WINTER AND THERE WAS A SMALL HILL OF SNOW IN THE BACKYARD. MY FRIEND HAD A CANOE(adrienne wanted to be proposed to in a boat) SO IAN PUT THE CANOE ON THE HILL FACING THE TEMPLE. THEN HE BLINDFOLDED ADRIENNE AND DROVE AROUND SO SHE WOULDN'T KNOW WHERE SHE WAS. HE THEN TOOK HER INTO THE BACKYARD AND SAT HER IN THE CANOE AND PROPOSED WHILE TAKING THE BLINDFOLD OFF.
ON THE WEDDING DAY , HER PARENTS HAD RENTED A HORSE AND CARRIAGE WHEN THEY CAME OUT OF THE TEMPLE. ADRIENNE WAS SO SURPRISED. PAT (ADRIENNE'S DAD )AND I WERE THE WITNESSES 4 THE CEREMONY. THEY WERE SO GORGEOUS!!!
THE RECEPTION WAS @ THE WANLESS CHAPEL. IT WAS SO SPECIAL.
NEXT WAS ROBIN
HER WEDDING WAS IN THE CHAPEL @ THE STAKE CENTER. IT WASN'T QUITE AS FANCY.
I GOT TO BRING HER DOWN THE AISLE AND GIVE HER AWAY. THE RECEPTION WAS GOOD WITH DANCING AND GREAT FOOD. NOT AS MANY PEOPLE !!!
KELLIE WAS NEXT.
SHE HAD WAITED A YEAR SO TREVOR AND HER COULD BE MARRIED IN THE TEMPLE. A FRIEND OF THE FAMILY LENT HIS OLD FASHION CAR TO DRIVE THEM AROUND. BACK @ THE STAKE CENTER TREVOR'S FAMILY HAD A SCOTTISH PIPER PIPE THEM IN TO THE HALL.
WE HAD A BALL.
BECK (THE STARLET)
WAS ALSO MARRIED IN THE TEMPLE. THE RECEPTION WAS A PRODUCTION WITH THE BRIDESMAID AND HER PUTTING ON A SPECIAL MUSICAL NUMBER 4 ADAM. THE DECORATIONS WERE GRANDE (OF COURSE)
LAST( BUT NOT THE LAST I HOPE) MARK.
MARK MET JO UP NORTH @ LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY. THEY WERE BOTH VERY COMPETITIVE. SHE PLAYED ON THE VOLLEYBALL TEAM AND HE WAS ON THE WRESTLING TEAM. WE MET HER SEVERAL TIMES AND GREW TO LOVE HER VERY MUCH. ON MARK'
S BIRTHDAY THEY WERE MARRIED 2007. THEY WERE MARRIED IN AN OLD CHAPEL IN LONDON, ONT. IT WAS SO SPECIAL(check out melissa's or kellie's facebook for pic) SHE WAS SO BEAUTIFUL ALONG WITH HER BRIDES' MAIDS AND MARK AND HIS GUYS WERE HOT!!!
THE RECEPTION WAS IN A COUNTRY COMMUNITY CENTER. THE DECORATIONS WERE SPLENDED. THE MUSIC WAS GRAND.
LET ME START WITH MY OWN MARRIAGE:
I WAS MARRIED ON SEPTEMBER 7 1968 IN DUNDEE SCOTLAND( HOME OF MY WIFE MARY BISSET MATHIESON SNEE. IT WAS THE FIRST TIME I HAD LEFT THE NORTH AMERICAN CONTINENT AND THE FIRST TIME ON AN AIRPLANE. DUNDEE IS AN OLD SCOTTISH TOWN ON THE EAST COAST OF SCOTLAND. THERE WEREN'T ANY MODERN BUILDING EXCEPT THE CHAPEL. THE SCENERY WAS BEAUTIFUL. WE FLEW FROM TORONTO TO GLASGOW; THEN TRAIN TO DUNDEE. THE HILLS WERE BEAUTIFUL WITH ROLLING
HILLS AND LUSH GREEN GRASS.I WAS INTRODUCED TO MARY'S FAMILY. THERE WAS BILLY ( OLDEST BROTHER @ HOME) ALAN, IAN AND SHEILA (TWINS) AND FIONA AND OF COURSE MOM AND DAD. THAT NIGHT I WAS TAKEN TO UNCLE BOB'S ( WHERE I WAS TO STAY).
WE NEXT HAD TO POST BANDS @ THE CITY HALL; SO IF ANYONE KNEW WHY WE SHOULDN'T BE ALLOWED TO MARRY COULD OBJECT. MARY TOOK ME TO MEET SOME OF HER FRIENDS. TOOK A TRIP TO LOCH LOMOND. THE DAY B4 THE WEDDING I RENTED A MOURNING SUIT AND HAD MY HAIR CUT(then i had reason to mourn) THE BARBER HAD CUT MY HAIR TOO SHORT.(SEE MY WEDDING PICS) WE RENTED A TAXI TO DRIVE MARY TO THE CHAPEL . THE WEDDING WAS VERY SPECIAL WITH HER BRANCH PRESIDENT PERFORMING THE CEREMONY. BILLY WAS MY BEST MAN, AND KATHY ROY AS MAID OF HONOUR AND PAM FISKEN(NOW DUNSTALL) AS BRIDESMAID; WITH SHEILA & FIONA SNEE AND DEBBIE WYND AS FLOWERGIRLS. NOT SURE IF IAN WAS THE RING BEARER BUT I THINK BILLY HAD THEM IN HIS POCKET.
WE HAD A WILD RECEPTION DOWNTOWN WITH SINGING AND DANCING.
WE THEN TRAVEL TO EDINBURGH AND STAYED IN A HOTEL THEN ON TO LONDON TO THE TEMPLE TO BE MARRIED 4 TIME AND ALL ETERNITY. WE GOT LOST AND WENT DOWN THE WRONG ROAD LOOKING 4 THE INN TO STAY @. FINALLY FOUND IT AND WOKE UP THE HOST. NEXT DAY WE WENT TO THE TEMPLE. I WAS VERY NERVOUS. (if u want to know y ask me privately) WE STAYED THERE 4 3 DAYS AND THEN WENT AND MET TOMMY (AS HE WAS ON HIS MISSION IN ENGLAND). WHEN WE CAME BACK TO CANADA WE HAD ANOTHER RECEPTION 4 OUR FRIENDS HERE.
NEXT WEDDING WAS MY SON IAN
MY SON IAN MET THE MOST WONDERFUL YOUNG LADY AND PLANNED A SPECIAL ENGAGED EVENT. WE HAD A FRIEND WHOSE BACKYARD FACED THE TORONTO TEMPLE. IT WAS WINTER AND THERE WAS A SMALL HILL OF SNOW IN THE BACKYARD. MY FRIEND HAD A CANOE(adrienne wanted to be proposed to in a boat) SO IAN PUT THE CANOE ON THE HILL FACING THE TEMPLE. THEN HE BLINDFOLDED ADRIENNE AND DROVE AROUND SO SHE WOULDN'T KNOW WHERE SHE WAS. HE THEN TOOK HER INTO THE BACKYARD AND SAT HER IN THE CANOE AND PROPOSED WHILE TAKING THE BLINDFOLD OFF.
ON THE WEDDING DAY , HER PARENTS HAD RENTED A HORSE AND CARRIAGE WHEN THEY CAME OUT OF THE TEMPLE. ADRIENNE WAS SO SURPRISED. PAT (ADRIENNE'S DAD )AND I WERE THE WITNESSES 4 THE CEREMONY. THEY WERE SO GORGEOUS!!!
THE RECEPTION WAS @ THE WANLESS CHAPEL. IT WAS SO SPECIAL.
NEXT WAS ROBIN
HER WEDDING WAS IN THE CHAPEL @ THE STAKE CENTER. IT WASN'T QUITE AS FANCY.
I GOT TO BRING HER DOWN THE AISLE AND GIVE HER AWAY. THE RECEPTION WAS GOOD WITH DANCING AND GREAT FOOD. NOT AS MANY PEOPLE !!!
KELLIE WAS NEXT.
SHE HAD WAITED A YEAR SO TREVOR AND HER COULD BE MARRIED IN THE TEMPLE. A FRIEND OF THE FAMILY LENT HIS OLD FASHION CAR TO DRIVE THEM AROUND. BACK @ THE STAKE CENTER TREVOR'S FAMILY HAD A SCOTTISH PIPER PIPE THEM IN TO THE HALL.
WE HAD A BALL.
BECK (THE STARLET)
WAS ALSO MARRIED IN THE TEMPLE. THE RECEPTION WAS A PRODUCTION WITH THE BRIDESMAID AND HER PUTTING ON A SPECIAL MUSICAL NUMBER 4 ADAM. THE DECORATIONS WERE GRANDE (OF COURSE)
LAST( BUT NOT THE LAST I HOPE) MARK.
MARK MET JO UP NORTH @ LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY. THEY WERE BOTH VERY COMPETITIVE. SHE PLAYED ON THE VOLLEYBALL TEAM AND HE WAS ON THE WRESTLING TEAM. WE MET HER SEVERAL TIMES AND GREW TO LOVE HER VERY MUCH. ON MARK'
S BIRTHDAY THEY WERE MARRIED 2007. THEY WERE MARRIED IN AN OLD CHAPEL IN LONDON, ONT. IT WAS SO SPECIAL(check out melissa's or kellie's facebook for pic) SHE WAS SO BEAUTIFUL ALONG WITH HER BRIDES' MAIDS AND MARK AND HIS GUYS WERE HOT!!!THE RECEPTION WAS IN A COUNTRY COMMUNITY CENTER. THE DECORATIONS WERE SPLENDED. THE MUSIC WAS GRAND.
Monday, March 24, 2008
REMEMBERING!!!
IN HIGH PRIEST QUORUM YESTERDAY OUR LESSON WAS ON PRES. EYRING TALK ABOUT REMEMBERING AND WHAT THINGS HELP US REMEMBER. WE SPOKE ABOUT JOURNALS AND I REALIZE I HAVEN'T WRITING IN MINE FOR 4 YEARS. SINCE MY DAUGHTER REBECCA STARTED ME ON BLOGGING I FIND IT EASY TO WRITE MY DAILY ENTRIES.
LET ME GIVE U A LITTLE HISTORY OF THE LIFE OF WILBERT CECIL PUDDICOMBE(me): I WAS BORN IN PARRY SOUND, ONTARIO, CANADA. ( WAY UP NORTH)
MY FATHER MOVED TO TORONTO 4 WORK (FIRST HOUSE I REMEMBER WAS BY FRONT AND BATHURST ACROSS FROM THE RAILROAD YARD.)
THEN WE MOVED TO A FARMHOUSE (WHEN I WAS 4) OFF OF ST. CLAIR AND PHARMACY ( NOW DOWNTOWN SCARABORO.)WE HAD A GARDEN BESIDE THE HOUSE AND MY DAD WOULD TAKE IN OUR AND TEACH HOW TO HOE THE WEEDS. (LOVE GARDEN STARTED)
THERE WAS A RAVINE( NOW THE SUBWAY RUNS UP IT) OUT THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE WITH A PATH GOING DOWN THE SLOPE. THERE WAS A GIANT PINE THAT REACH FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE RAVINE TO THE TOP OF THE SLOPE. SOME OLDER BOYS HAD TIED A ROPE ON ONE OF THE BRANCHES. SOME OF US SMALLER BOYS WOULD RUN DOWN THE HILL AND GRAB THE ROPE AND SWING. THERE WAS A SMALL CREEK RUNNING IN THE RAVINE AND ONE SUMMER DAY WE GAVE SOME ROCKS AND BOULDER AND DAMNED IT UP TO MAKE A SWIMMING HOLE.
THERE WAS A DAIRY FARMER @ THE HEAD OF THE CREEK AND ONE DAY SOME OF HIS COWS GOT OUT AND CAME INTO THE FIELD WHICH WAS PART OF THE LAND WE RENTED. WE CHASED THEM BY TO THE FARMER BUT HE WAS MAD CAUSE HE COULDN'T USE THEIR MILK THAT DAY CAUSE WE HAD RAN THEM.
NEXT WE MOVED TO THE DANFORTH BESIDE MY UNCLE FRED. HE WAS THE ONLY RELATIVE I KNEW HAD A CAR . MY DAD MADE AN ICE RINK IN OUR BACKYARD WHERE I LEARNED TO SKATE. THERE I KISSED MY SECOND GIRL!!! FIRST WAS PLAYING SPIN THE BOTTLE @ A BIRTHDAY PARTY WHEN I WAS 6. ( NANCY PIATE).
IT WAS THERE THEY WE CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE MISSIONARYS FROM THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS. MY MOTHER JOINED THE CHURCH THEN. WE THEN MOVED TO ORILLIA WHERE THE MEMBERS MET IN AN IOF HALL. I JOIN THE CHURCH WHEN I WAS 9. WHEN I BECAME 12 I WAS ASKING IF U WOULD ACCEPT THE PRIESTHOOD. MY DAD STILL NOT A MEMBER HAD A GREAT HEART TO HEART TALK WITH ME ABOUT COMMITMENT. I HAVE GONE THROUGH THE AARONIC PRIESTHOOD MOSTLY IN ORILLIA. I HAD MY FIRST TRUE LOVE THERE (PHYLIS BROUGH). SHE WAS SO BEAUTIFUL!! BUT HER FAMILY MOVED TO CALIFORNIA.
WE MOVED BACK TO TORONTO WHEN MY DAD'S CONTACT RAN OUT. IN TORONTO MOST OF MY LIFE WAS INVOLVED WITH THE CHURCH AND HIGH SCHOOL. I HAD A WHOLE LOT OF GIRLFRIENDS WHO BROKE MY HEART. I BECAME GOOD FRIENDS TO SEVERAL MISSION PRESIDENTS. ONE HAD A SON NAMED FRANK PITCHER. FRANK AND MIKE FINNIGAN AND RICK NAGY & I DID A LOT OF THINKS TOGETHER. WE WERE IN SCOUTS TOGETHER. ONE WEEK-END IN THE WINTER ; FRANK AND I DID OUR WINTER CAMP REQUIREMENTS. FRANK ALMOST FROZE.
WE ALL PLAYED BASKETBALL ON THE WARD TEAM AND DID QUITE WELL. WE WENT TO WASHINGTON D.C. AND DETROIT 4 REGIONAL TOURNEYS(WHERE THE AMERICAN SHOWED HOW TO PLAY BASKETBALL.) WE WENT TO DANCES TOGETHER. ONCE RICK AND I RENTED TUXEDO AND DOUBLE DATED 4 THE GOLDEN & GREEN BALL.
IN SPORTS I WAS THE FASTEST MILE RUN IN MY HIGH SCHOOL AND ALSO @ CHURCH. I WOULD PRACTISE EVERY MORNING B4 SEMINARY. I HAD A KEY TO THE CHURCH CAUSE I WAS THE ASS'T CUBMASTER. I WOULD RUN AROUND THE GYM TILL THE OTHER STUDENTS CAME; THEN WE WOULD PLAY PING PONG TILL THE TEACHER SHOWED UP.
WE HAD A LARGE PRIEST QUORUM WITH 18 GUYS.
I HAVE HAD A LOT OF CHURCH CALLINGS. I HAVE BEEN WARD MEMBERSHIP CLERK 4 TIMES; ELDERS QUORUM COUNSELLOR 2; SUNDAY SCHOOL PRES. 2, CUB MASTER FOR 27 YEARS, SCOUTMASTER 3 YRS,YM PRES. 2, PRIEST QUORUM ASSISTANT TO THE BISHOP, EXECUTIVE SEC. ,PRIMARY TCHR, AND AM NOW THE ASS'T H.P. LEADER.
I MET MY WIFE WHEN SHE AND TWO OF HER GIRLFRIENDS EMIGRATED TO CANADA ON THEIR WAY THEY HOPE TO THE UNITED STATES. BUT ALL THREE MARRIED CANADIANS!!! WE WENT TO SCOTLAND TO GET MARRIED IN DUNDEE ; WHERE MARY' FAMILY ALL LIVED. WE THEN WENT TO THE LONDON TEMPLE TO BE MARRIED 4 TIME AND ALL ETERNITY. MARY HAS SUCH A NEAT FAMILY!! WE START MARRIED LIFE IN A UPSTAIRS FLAT @ RUNNYMEDE AND BLOOR IN TORONTO.
WE THEN MOVED THE MAVETY WHERE IAN WAS BORN. TOMMY AND BILL CAME TO CANADA @ THAT TIME AND STAYED WITH US UNTIL THEY GOT ESTABLISHED.( NOT @ THE SAME TIME). THEN WE MOVED TO RAVENAL AND THEN THE APARTMENT @ EMMET AVE. WHERE TIMOTHY WAS BORN; FOLLOWED BY THE TWINS ROBIN AND MARK. ONE OF OUR DEAR FRIEND WHO LIVED IN BRAMPTON GOT SEVERAL OF OUR FRIENDS TO PUT MONEY TOGETHER TO HELP US GET A DOWN PAYMENT ON A TOWNHOUSE IN BRAMPTON. MARY WAS PREGNANT WITH KELLIE WHEN WE MOVED IN. SHEILA ONE OF MARY'S YOUNGER SISTER CAME TO VISIT. THEN MELISSA AND REBECCA WERE BORN AND STARTED LOOKING 4 A BIGGER HOUSE. WE HAD ERIN JUST A LITTLE B4 WE MOVED TO OUR PRESENT HOME.
SO HERE WE R!!! IF I THINK OF ANY OTHER MEMORIES I WILL ADD THEM UNDER THEIR OWN TITLE.
LET ME GIVE U A LITTLE HISTORY OF THE LIFE OF WILBERT CECIL PUDDICOMBE(me): I WAS BORN IN PARRY SOUND, ONTARIO, CANADA. ( WAY UP NORTH)
MY FATHER MOVED TO TORONTO 4 WORK (FIRST HOUSE I REMEMBER WAS BY FRONT AND BATHURST ACROSS FROM THE RAILROAD YARD.)
THEN WE MOVED TO A FARMHOUSE (WHEN I WAS 4) OFF OF ST. CLAIR AND PHARMACY ( NOW DOWNTOWN SCARABORO.)WE HAD A GARDEN BESIDE THE HOUSE AND MY DAD WOULD TAKE IN OUR AND TEACH HOW TO HOE THE WEEDS. (LOVE GARDEN STARTED)
THERE WAS A RAVINE( NOW THE SUBWAY RUNS UP IT) OUT THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE WITH A PATH GOING DOWN THE SLOPE. THERE WAS A GIANT PINE THAT REACH FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE RAVINE TO THE TOP OF THE SLOPE. SOME OLDER BOYS HAD TIED A ROPE ON ONE OF THE BRANCHES. SOME OF US SMALLER BOYS WOULD RUN DOWN THE HILL AND GRAB THE ROPE AND SWING. THERE WAS A SMALL CREEK RUNNING IN THE RAVINE AND ONE SUMMER DAY WE GAVE SOME ROCKS AND BOULDER AND DAMNED IT UP TO MAKE A SWIMMING HOLE.
THERE WAS A DAIRY FARMER @ THE HEAD OF THE CREEK AND ONE DAY SOME OF HIS COWS GOT OUT AND CAME INTO THE FIELD WHICH WAS PART OF THE LAND WE RENTED. WE CHASED THEM BY TO THE FARMER BUT HE WAS MAD CAUSE HE COULDN'T USE THEIR MILK THAT DAY CAUSE WE HAD RAN THEM.
NEXT WE MOVED TO THE DANFORTH BESIDE MY UNCLE FRED. HE WAS THE ONLY RELATIVE I KNEW HAD A CAR . MY DAD MADE AN ICE RINK IN OUR BACKYARD WHERE I LEARNED TO SKATE. THERE I KISSED MY SECOND GIRL!!! FIRST WAS PLAYING SPIN THE BOTTLE @ A BIRTHDAY PARTY WHEN I WAS 6. ( NANCY PIATE).
IT WAS THERE THEY WE CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE MISSIONARYS FROM THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS. MY MOTHER JOINED THE CHURCH THEN. WE THEN MOVED TO ORILLIA WHERE THE MEMBERS MET IN AN IOF HALL. I JOIN THE CHURCH WHEN I WAS 9. WHEN I BECAME 12 I WAS ASKING IF U WOULD ACCEPT THE PRIESTHOOD. MY DAD STILL NOT A MEMBER HAD A GREAT HEART TO HEART TALK WITH ME ABOUT COMMITMENT. I HAVE GONE THROUGH THE AARONIC PRIESTHOOD MOSTLY IN ORILLIA. I HAD MY FIRST TRUE LOVE THERE (PHYLIS BROUGH). SHE WAS SO BEAUTIFUL!! BUT HER FAMILY MOVED TO CALIFORNIA.
WE MOVED BACK TO TORONTO WHEN MY DAD'S CONTACT RAN OUT. IN TORONTO MOST OF MY LIFE WAS INVOLVED WITH THE CHURCH AND HIGH SCHOOL. I HAD A WHOLE LOT OF GIRLFRIENDS WHO BROKE MY HEART. I BECAME GOOD FRIENDS TO SEVERAL MISSION PRESIDENTS. ONE HAD A SON NAMED FRANK PITCHER. FRANK AND MIKE FINNIGAN AND RICK NAGY & I DID A LOT OF THINKS TOGETHER. WE WERE IN SCOUTS TOGETHER. ONE WEEK-END IN THE WINTER ; FRANK AND I DID OUR WINTER CAMP REQUIREMENTS. FRANK ALMOST FROZE.
WE ALL PLAYED BASKETBALL ON THE WARD TEAM AND DID QUITE WELL. WE WENT TO WASHINGTON D.C. AND DETROIT 4 REGIONAL TOURNEYS(WHERE THE AMERICAN SHOWED HOW TO PLAY BASKETBALL.) WE WENT TO DANCES TOGETHER. ONCE RICK AND I RENTED TUXEDO AND DOUBLE DATED 4 THE GOLDEN & GREEN BALL.
IN SPORTS I WAS THE FASTEST MILE RUN IN MY HIGH SCHOOL AND ALSO @ CHURCH. I WOULD PRACTISE EVERY MORNING B4 SEMINARY. I HAD A KEY TO THE CHURCH CAUSE I WAS THE ASS'T CUBMASTER. I WOULD RUN AROUND THE GYM TILL THE OTHER STUDENTS CAME; THEN WE WOULD PLAY PING PONG TILL THE TEACHER SHOWED UP.
WE HAD A LARGE PRIEST QUORUM WITH 18 GUYS.
I HAVE HAD A LOT OF CHURCH CALLINGS. I HAVE BEEN WARD MEMBERSHIP CLERK 4 TIMES; ELDERS QUORUM COUNSELLOR 2; SUNDAY SCHOOL PRES. 2, CUB MASTER FOR 27 YEARS, SCOUTMASTER 3 YRS,YM PRES. 2, PRIEST QUORUM ASSISTANT TO THE BISHOP, EXECUTIVE SEC. ,PRIMARY TCHR, AND AM NOW THE ASS'T H.P. LEADER.
I MET MY WIFE WHEN SHE AND TWO OF HER GIRLFRIENDS EMIGRATED TO CANADA ON THEIR WAY THEY HOPE TO THE UNITED STATES. BUT ALL THREE MARRIED CANADIANS!!! WE WENT TO SCOTLAND TO GET MARRIED IN DUNDEE ; WHERE MARY' FAMILY ALL LIVED. WE THEN WENT TO THE LONDON TEMPLE TO BE MARRIED 4 TIME AND ALL ETERNITY. MARY HAS SUCH A NEAT FAMILY!! WE START MARRIED LIFE IN A UPSTAIRS FLAT @ RUNNYMEDE AND BLOOR IN TORONTO.
WE THEN MOVED THE MAVETY WHERE IAN WAS BORN. TOMMY AND BILL CAME TO CANADA @ THAT TIME AND STAYED WITH US UNTIL THEY GOT ESTABLISHED.( NOT @ THE SAME TIME). THEN WE MOVED TO RAVENAL AND THEN THE APARTMENT @ EMMET AVE. WHERE TIMOTHY WAS BORN; FOLLOWED BY THE TWINS ROBIN AND MARK. ONE OF OUR DEAR FRIEND WHO LIVED IN BRAMPTON GOT SEVERAL OF OUR FRIENDS TO PUT MONEY TOGETHER TO HELP US GET A DOWN PAYMENT ON A TOWNHOUSE IN BRAMPTON. MARY WAS PREGNANT WITH KELLIE WHEN WE MOVED IN. SHEILA ONE OF MARY'S YOUNGER SISTER CAME TO VISIT. THEN MELISSA AND REBECCA WERE BORN AND STARTED LOOKING 4 A BIGGER HOUSE. WE HAD ERIN JUST A LITTLE B4 WE MOVED TO OUR PRESENT HOME.
SO HERE WE R!!! IF I THINK OF ANY OTHER MEMORIES I WILL ADD THEM UNDER THEIR OWN TITLE.
Saturday, March 22, 2008
FAMILY SPIRITUAL FUN!!!
TODAY WAS SO SPECIAL!!! TODAY 3 OF THE GIRLS, MOM AND I WENT TO THE TEMPLE TO DO SEALINGS. WE WERE ABLE TO SEAL 6 COUPLES, AND ABOUT 37 CHILDREN TO THEIR PARENTS. WHAT A SPECIAL FEELING!!! THEN ROBIN AND MELISSA AND I DID A ENDOWMENT SESSION. THEN I CAME HOME AND RECORDED ALL THE INFO ON MY PAF FILE TO KEEP EVERYTHING UP TO DATE; SO WHEN THE NEW FAMILY SEARCH PROGRAM START EVERYTHING IS READY.
SURE MISSED THOSE OF U WHO COULDN'T COME!!!
SURE MISSED THOSE OF U WHO COULDN'T COME!!!
Thursday, March 20, 2008
GETTING TO KNOW HOW TO BLOG!!
WELL TODAY MY DAUGHTER BECKY VISITED AND WE HAD A GREAT TIME ORGANIZING MY BLOG. I HAVE LEARNED HOW TO ADD OTHER PEOPLES BLOGS TO MY SITE SO I CAN CONTACT THEM. HOW TO ADD COMMENTS TO THEIR BLOGS. AND ADD PICS.
THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT DAY!!!
THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT DAY!!!
Monday, March 10, 2008
LIFE @ SIXTY
LIFE @ SIXTY SEEMS SO SHORT!! WHEN I WAS IN MY TEENS SIXTY SEEM SO OLD BUT NOW THAT I 'M HERE IT SEEM LIKE TIME HAS PASSED SO FAST!! THERE ARE PAINS I NEVER KNEW ABOUT AND THINGS I CAN'T DO SO WELL. HAVING CRUSHED MY ANKLE MOBILITY IS A CHORE! I WANT TO DO THINGS LIKE RUN AND PLAY SPORTS BUT CAN'T DO IT. I HOPE I CAN STILL DANCE!!!!!!!
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