POEMS ACROSS MY PATH - Tapa blanda

Biografía del autor

Born in Ottawa in 1940, I graduated from Nepean High School in 1959, and from Carleton University in 1965. In 1965, I began a teaching career at Rideau High School in Ottawa. In October 1966, I met Freda Estabrooks at a Presbyterian Youth Weekend in Markham, Ontario when I was asked to be a Resource Speaker. I was immediately attracted to her. As I drove Freda back to her billet's home that night, I asked her three big questions (which were important to me at that time.) "Do you go to dances? " ( - a no-no for many narrow Christians). Her answer was, "Just to Formals". Wow ! . Secondly, I asked, "Do you go to movies ? " ( - another no-no for many Christians in those days). Her answer was, "Just to Musicals". Amazing ! Then I asked the most important question of all, "Are you Calvinistic in your theology? " (- something most Christians knew nothing of, or if they did, were against it.). Her answer was, "Yes, I believe in Calvinism and predestination". (- a theology I had unsuccessfully tried to disparage during my years at university). I immediately knew she was the girl for me! ( Unknown to me, when she re-joined a girl friend at her billet's home that night, she told her that she had finally met "the man of her dreams".) The rest is history ! At that time Freda was teaching at an Elementary School in Toronto so we didn't see each other very often. However she came to Ottawa the following New Year's to meet my parents (just before my approving mother died). Later that month, I met her parents in Peterborough. Having obtained her father's approval, that February, on snow- shoes and in knee-deep snow in the chapel at Camp IAWAH (near Westport, Ontario), I asked her to marry me. To my delight, she agreed ! We were married the following August in Peterborough, a long 10 months after finding each other. After a w