Coping with my Mum’s Passing
So it’s Sunday afternoon, and I’m almost through the “official” duties with regards to my Mom’s passing. I flew to Ottawa on Wednesday afternoon, about 32 hours after she passed (her passing time was at 1:20 am, Tuesday, March 9, 2004). I was able to make some final arrangements in Vancouver for my job and […]
Passing of a Very Special Person
Cathryn Anne Prince, loving mother to three sons, Mark, James and Michael, and loving friend and partner to Gary Prince, loving oldest sister to thirteen brothers and sisters by blood, more by marriage, passed away peacefully after a long battle with cancer this evening. She touched on the lives of many, many people in her […]
Off to Ottawa One More Time
Well, I’m off to Ottawa again this Christmas holiday, to spend it with my Mom and family. I’m leaving earlier than planned, which has got me a bit loopy – I was expecting to get a variety of things done this week, but I got a call today from my Dad that said I should […]
Weddings and Campings
So I went to Ottawa last month. Two major things took place. First, I attended the wedding of an old and good friend, Heather Earle, to Eric Budgell. The wedding was impressive, with lots of guests in a large church. One really cool thing was the procession from the church to where the reception was […]
Update on my Mum and Dad
It’s been another very long day for me, and one where I felt I got none of the things I wanted to get done… done. Sigh. I’ve been getting more than a few emails in the past week or two from people asking how my Mom is doing, so I figure I’ll post an update, […]
October Update on my Mum
I know a lot of you have been sending me (and my Mom) well wishes and many of you have said a prayer for her. So I wanted to pass along an update… It seems the well wishes and prayers have had a good effect. My Mom had major surgery today. Prior to this, all […]
Sitting on a Balcony…
It’s tough, sitting outside on the balcony of the home where a person with serious and active cancer lives. Especially when it’s your Mom. I’m sitting here, in a typical Ottawa summer night weather (although it’s officially October now), just thinking about things, and digesting what happened today. We got some harsh news. Not the […]
Random Ramblings as Fall Approaches
This is going to be a catch all “rant”, or as close to a blog as I get. First up, and before I forget it: even though Lance Arthur isn’t quite “back” yet in terms of posting much more frequently, his latest Today, 2002 article is almost entirely about a subject near and dear to my heart […]
Beautiful Machine and Mum Update
I’ve said it before in other venues, but man, am I happy Elektra is a company that exists in the world of coffee and espresso. I mean, talke a look at the photo to the right (you can click it to enlarge the picture). Is that a work of art, or what? That there is the […]
Mum Update – No Surgery
An update, for those who want to know… It’s not looking very good. My Mom didn’t go under the knife today. Her platelet count is too low, and the halted the commencement of the surgery because of this. They didn’t present her with much options either… basically “go home, we’ll check on a week to week basis, […]