Journal – June 26, 1981 – 9:30 p.m. Dad. Accident. Broken back. XXX June 26, 1981 – 9:00 p.m. I was in my apartment. Pillows stacked behind my back, working on a crossword puzzle. I heard the sirens of an ambulance. I stopped what I was doing and looked towards the window facing the street …
That Friday night, we all waited in the waiting room. Mom, me and my 4 sisters and brother. After what seemed like forever, I remember the doctor came out and told us that Dads back was broken and he said Dad would be paralyzed from the waist down. They were flying him to St. Michael´s …
We had spent the next month taking turns visiting Dad at St. Mike´s. My brother, my boyfriend at the time and I spent the weekend if the 24th in Toronto visiting him. He was in great spirits and we left to come back home happy that he was doing so well. But in the back …
Mom lived in a small little town in Northern Ontario. She was the youngest child of three. She had flaming red hair and wanted to be a professional dancer. And she loved music. Dad was born in Prince Edward Island and his mother had 19 children. 12 survived. 9 boys and 3 girls. All of …
There was an announcement in high school that there was going to be a beauty pageant. My friend and I decided that we were going to enter. So we did, and I decided, naturally, that my choice of entertainment would be to sing. So my friend and I got together as often as we could …
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My sister and brother ended up moving down to Brampton, Ontario. They really enjoyed living there, and I remember visiting them alot. Eventually, my sister Barb wrote me a letter and told me that I needed to move on with my life. Parry Sound had nothing to offer me, and if I moved down to …
Things were going well in my new place, in my new city, in my new job. I had been in Brampton for about 3 months when my brother and his friend and my sisters boyfriend were heading out to a bar for a night out and asked if I wanted to join them. Why not? …
4 years later, I became a licensed hair stylist. Then the manager of my sister´s salon. I had developed a good clientele and was happy. I felt confident and secure. My family was all around me, my little girls were happy and I was feeling healthy. I felt like things were finally heading in the …
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Things were coming together. I enjoyed my time at the theatre. At times, it felt like alot of work, especially since I was volunteering my time and talent, but I always laughed there. The reward was going to be the accomplishment. And the producer was going to video the performance, so I would have a …