05snopro440
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I lost a friend/mentor/travelling companion this week.
About 17-1/2 years ago I was starting University and my first year was in the third largest city in Alberta, about 2.5 hours from home. My mom ran into someone she had known for years who had recently moved there, and she and her husband offered to take me in.
Although I only lived there for 8 months, I had some great experiences with Bruce while I was there, as well as some fatherly-style advice. I have since maintained a friendship with both the husband and wife and they're friends with my parents as well, and we've travelled together to car shows in Spokane, Seattle, and Radium and gone to numerous swap meets and other adventures over the years.
We had a great visit in October, and they were preparing to go to their winter home in Arizona in December. Unfortunately, the husband fell ill in mid-November with Leukemia and despite treatments it was determined to take him. We had a good visit with him in January, and he passed 2 weeks later, this past Sunday.
He was 71, and it just seems too young. He was quite vibrant until he got the Leukemia, and it took him quick. Cancer sucks.
About 17-1/2 years ago I was starting University and my first year was in the third largest city in Alberta, about 2.5 hours from home. My mom ran into someone she had known for years who had recently moved there, and she and her husband offered to take me in.
Although I only lived there for 8 months, I had some great experiences with Bruce while I was there, as well as some fatherly-style advice. I have since maintained a friendship with both the husband and wife and they're friends with my parents as well, and we've travelled together to car shows in Spokane, Seattle, and Radium and gone to numerous swap meets and other adventures over the years.
We had a great visit in October, and they were preparing to go to their winter home in Arizona in December. Unfortunately, the husband fell ill in mid-November with Leukemia and despite treatments it was determined to take him. We had a good visit with him in January, and he passed 2 weeks later, this past Sunday.
He was 71, and it just seems too young. He was quite vibrant until he got the Leukemia, and it took him quick. Cancer sucks.
