How times change, fifty years ago I was celebrating my last Christmas as a patient in the Children's Hospital and a year later I was attempting to catch a mud-eating goose from a pond in Stanley Park to have as my first Vancouver Christmas supper. There has been a lot of magic deer poop dust … Continue reading Starting 2016 Back at the Beginning
Tag: Truth and Reconciliation Commission
A Long Life, A Short Illness
I have been following the Truth and Reconciliation Commission process for some time now. Needless to say I was glued to Newsworld this morning when they released the final report. I was very surprised to hear the final residential school didn't close down until 1996. That is not ancient history. Being raised in an institution … Continue reading A Long Life, A Short Illness
Systems Come and Go but the Child is Always There
I received a Christmas card last month that contained a few old newspaper articles with me in the early years of my polio. As an early poster child they tended to take a lot of pictures of you for the local newspaper but I had no idea these ones existed. It really brought home the … Continue reading Systems Come and Go but the Child is Always There
A Poster Child's Perspective 