Originally, Grandma Gertie and my Uncle Brian were going to join us for this trip. Unfortunately, health complications inhibited their participation. We missed them and carried them with us in our hearts as we gathered Kinder Eggs and Coffee Crisps!
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Chatham, Ontario
We took a day-trip down into Canada to delve more deeply into our family history and to meander down memory lane. My mother's parents originally hail from the 51st state to the north. We went to Grandma Gertie's childhood home in Chatham, Ontario. Other stops were the library where Grandma Gertie's sister was a librarian, her family's parish church, the converted candy store I had gone to as a child when visiting my great-grandmother, an authentically-Canadian bowling alley, and a visit to my great aunt in Windsor. It was nice to be able to share this family history and these memories with my sister Mary Theresa and brother Joseph.
Originally, Grandma Gertie and my Uncle Brian were going to join us for this trip. Unfortunately, health complications inhibited their participation. We missed them and carried them with us in our hearts as we gathered Kinder Eggs and Coffee Crisps!
Originally, Grandma Gertie and my Uncle Brian were going to join us for this trip. Unfortunately, health complications inhibited their participation. We missed them and carried them with us in our hearts as we gathered Kinder Eggs and Coffee Crisps!
