Where is my father? He died on March 17th, 1998. He was cremated and put in an urn. His wife, who is not my mother, has his ashes. After he died she took his dog to the veterinarian and had it put down, had a yard sale without telling me and my brother, sold the house he left her in the will, the …
Remembering my father
The pink highchair: 1961
Why have I saved the pink wooden high chair my father made for me when I was three? The high chair was hand-crafted in his basement workshop on Avenue K in Saskatoon,Saskatchewan, Canada and placed under the Christmas tree over 52 years ago. My dolls sat in it and ate their breakfast on the tray. …
My Fathers Voice
Timber found some VHS tapes today in the basement that were taken during our wedding in 1990. The tapes are hours long --- the rehersal dinner, the wedding, the reception. We played them on her little TV we bought at the thrift store for $8.00. Timber never met my father. My father died in March …