75 Years

Ancestry, history, DNA

Where we come from, our roots, our past

We can't change those things

A man born on a farm in rural Saskatchewan 1916

The first born of what would be a family of 6

Strapping, tall, broad....even the girls

Worked hard, helped raise the last of the siblings as his mother died

Baseball was his chosen hobby

The army his chosen path

Set off to boot camp in Ontario

A chance meeting and he met my Grandmother

A lady born in Southern Ontario 1923

The first born, a family of 5

A father who was a jack off all trades including a postman and bee keeper

A mom who I got to know as a sweet woman full of love

Her brother brought home this man from boot camp

For family supper.....and a chance meeting

And the start of their story and mine

A double wedding in 1943 her and her brother

Married at the house they grew up in

One I got to spend a lot of time in

He was across the ocean, was a day after Juno Beach

Assisted with the liberation of Holland

Lucky that he chose the field of communications and was a radio commander

Fixed the Queen's record player

She, moved to the city

Worked in a rivet factory

Made bullets as well

Made the cover of Life Magazine, unable to be retrieved as she couldn't remember the date

Married once the war ended

Started their journey

Small town living

My father, first born

I grew up with Grandparents

She not a nurturer by nature

Guided me through Girl Guides

He....lol....no clue what to do with a girl

The most excited I saw him get was with my first car

The age I am now

They had a house and the cottage

Two sons

My grandfather didn't spend recklessly

He treated her to things such as a new door on the house

But then drove 17 hours back to the jewellery store in her home town to buy her a new ring for her birthday.....one that I now have

They spent 65 years together before he passed

I will never see that time with a person

I have yet to experience the devotion he had with someone

I will never create someone's story

I am grateful for being able to know them

Know where they came from

Know what they went through

It is part of my story

Inherently it forms the foundation of who I am

Happy Anniversary xoxoxo

These are her original set of Wedding Rings, they will be 75 this month