Opinion

There’s a lot more to this dying stuff than I thought. Just when it looked like I had done all my homework, there was more to do. As mentioned in my last column, I felt like I was been awakened every morning around 1:30-2 a.m.

In January, I wrote about meeting Glenda Zamzow and her son, Marcus, at a book signing at Crowfoot Chapters in Calgary. It resulted in them putting together a plan to try and complete 10 events in 2013 and raise $25,000 for Right To Play.

Once in a while an intricate part of our local history is brought to our attention, making us stand in disbelief of the circumstances involved, just shaking our heads.

Why my opening story even came to light is beyond me. I was just perusing a newspaper and the memory surfaced from a long time back. Maybe it was reading about the legal troubles of a 15-year-old boy who was looking at multiple charges.

A promise made, a promise kept. In a column Dec. 14, 2011, I promised a young Cochrane lady that when she was strong enough she would be the one-and-only Sunshine Girl to ever grace the pages of the Cochrane Eagle.

As a featured speaker at the Aboriginal Youth Explosion May 12 in Calgary, I spoke about seven sacred teachings: honesty, truth, humility, love, wisdom, courage and respect. My topic was a rock — speaking about a rock has many angles to speak about.

The view from our bedroom window the past few days has been nothing short of breathtaking in its anticipation of Mary Anna’s and my 50th wedding anniversary, coming up June 29.

Summer. As a child, summer was endless, days brimming with fun and games… racing pedal bikes along leafy lanes, splashing through the shallows at the beach or mastering a game of catch in the backyard.

One week ago actress/director Angelina Jolie drew international attention to hereditary breast and ovarian cancer.

It can be a challenging decision as to whether or not to vaccinate your horses and, if you are vaccinating, which of the myriad of vaccines you should be doing.