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.