“The Float That Floated Away”. It was December 1988 in a snowy little Oakville, in Ontario, Canada. The annual Christmas parade was in full swing: marching bands blaring “Jingle Bells,” elves tossing candy canes, and the Boy Scouts’ float—a massive plywood sleigh pulled by a pickup truck disguised as reindeer—gliding down Lakeshore like Santa’s ownContinue reading ““The Float that Floated Away””
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It’s a Snow Day Memory
It’s been a while since I last wrote, and one new thing is that Winter has started early in full force, with over seven inches of snow and gale winds. I am looking out my back window seeing a blanket of snow with no more disconcerting leaves strewn across the lawn, and darn I wasContinue reading “It’s a Snow Day Memory”
Jonathan Siemko 41st
It has been forty-one years since I first met my eldest son, Jonathan Devin Siemko, in person, up close and personal, and I wanted to take a moment to review how he has changed my life and the lives of those around him. If you know me already, then what I’m about to say willContinue reading “Jonathan Siemko 41st”
A Day In The Life Of Gail Siemko
A Day In The Life Of Gail Siemko
I want to wish my youngest son, #AddisonPearceSiemko, a very Happy Birthday. One filled with much love with that special woman #MaddyAlyson who will treat you as you deserve, with lots of hugs and kisses and cake too! You came into this world almost seven weeks prematurely but made up for it quickly. I rememberContinue reading “A Day In The Life Of Gail Siemko”