Travel, hiking, milestones and other reasons to wag your tail.
March 5, 1937 – August 18, 2024 If laughter truly is the best medicine, then the world just lost a beloved healer with the peaceful passing of Colin Roy Freel on August 18, 2024. Oh, how we will miss that hearty laugh that punctuated his sentences, echoed in our hallways and remains in our hearts.…
Dear Ross, It is hard to believe that you, the baby in our family, are just weeks away from graduating from university. Where did the time go? Every step along the journey with you, has been a joy. Your curiosity, love of learning, enthusiasm, kindness, sense of humour and intelligence have made us so proud…
Congratulations Jack! Dear Jack, You have always been a “just-do-it” kind of guy. You observe and learn, you think about it and then you just-do-it. Well, you have done it again! You have successfully completed your 4-year Bachelor of Business Administration Degree from Acadia University. You have done it in 4 years and in the…
Colin Roy Freel was born in Hamilton, Ontario at 9 am, on Wednesday March 5, 1937, the first and only child of Margery and Elmer Freel. He was their pride and joy. My grandmother kept a detailed journal of my Dad’s early years, including: recipes for his formula, his sleeping patterns, his mobility accomplishments, his…
On March 7th, 2015 my sister Miriam turned 50. Whether she is halfway to 100 or has lived the life of two 25-year olds, Miriam is proof that 50 is the new 40. Miriam is a gal on the go, a leader in her community, a committed mom, a devoted wife and an exercise enthusiast…
Sister, mother, nana, wife, gourmet cook, bridge player, world traveller, civil servant. Born in Brampton, Ontario on April 22, 1941. Died on August 19th, 2012 in Mississauga, of cancer, age 71. Karen was the beloved second sister, in a close-knit family of seven daughters. She was born to Jack and Jeanne Calvert, greenhouse farmers, in…
My Branksome Yearbook Submission for Lexi’s Graduating Year – parents were asked to submit a passage for the yearbook. Dear Lexi, The years have flown by and it is hard to believe that you are graduating from high school and off to university. Each year I have recorded our family news in a letter at…
Mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt, gourmet cook, avid reader. Born April 16, 1915, in Toledo, Ohio. Died April 22 in Toronto of natural causes, aged 95. Elizabeth Jane Fraser, known as Betty Jane, was born in Toledo, Ohio, the middle of three children of Canadians John Beverley Fraser and Elizabeth Webber How. Betty Jane’s father…
A famous person once said, “To be rich in friends is to be poor in nothing”. Looking around at this gathering today, it is obvious that Derek and Robyn are millionaires. Of course, it is a perfect day! It is 25 degrees, sunny and there is 0% chance of precipitation. This is not surprising for…