A Dad

In honor of my dad who is in a better place now, I am presenting this story and poem. Anyone who knew my dad would have to agree: He was “different.” He worked as a pipe-fitter for the Canadian Pacific Railway for nearly fifteen years. He was scoffed at by his fellow-employees; yet he never [...]

Family

I ran into a stranger as he passed by. “Oh, excuse me please” was my reply. He said, “Please excuse me too; I wasn’t even watching for you.” We were very polite, this stranger and I. We went on our way and we said good-bye. But at home a different story is told, how we [...]