June 2, 2020

My father was a pilot before the war, during the war and for the rest of his working career. After the war he flew for TCA which became Air Canada. I have heard about flying, have had the opportunity to fly since I was a small baby and have even sat in simulators. I know the concerns of having a heavy fog ground cover that can prevent a safe landing. I know how planes circle until the fog lifts and they are able to land. Well, that is what I feel like at this time. We are in a holding pattern circling and awaiting the go ahead to land. We have been in a holding pattern since March 16th and our return from England and we are waiting and wanting the fog of covid to break and allow us to land safely and the world to carry on and us return to our mission. Praying to that end.

Our good friend Chris Miller, who is a respiratory scientist, has been working for many years on nitric oxide as a product that can kill bacteria and virus in various parts of the body safely. It is now being tested for it’s success rate in treating covid and CTV news has reported that the tests are going well and are being expanded. Chris was a young man in the North Shore Ward years ago when our children were young and Tom was Bishop. Chris and his wife Minna are amazing and still live on the. North Shore.  It would be great if this testing proves to be successful or something like it does and then we could all make that long awaited for  and anticipated landing.

We continue to keep busy every day with our walk, work at home, family history, shopping, furniture painting and connecting with people. We went to the North Shore this week on Thursday to visit my parents graves  in West Vancouver. It was a lovely sunny day and we walked around the beautiful cemetery. Mother’s Day is in May and Mom’s birthday is May 31st and their wedding anniversary is June 18th, so we always try to visit sometime around then to take flowers. We just took small geraniums this year as our selection was more limited than usual. We enjoyed our time there and then went to Ambleside Beach and enjoyed being close to the water for a time. The North Shore is beautiful and we miss it but increased development there is concerning. We are glad we raised our children there when we did and that we have such wonderful memories.

Our children are busy in their families and for the most part are remaining home for work and school. Brendon opened his dental office again and is seeing patients under strict guidelines. Our grandsons seem to be okay to break social distancing for the girlfriends. Trevor had surgery last week for a chipped bone and torn ligament in his elbow and is trying to recover from that. It is hard for him not to do his body building even for a short time.

Tom has broken the crown on his back molar and this will require a drive to Kelowna for Brendon to replace it next week. We don’t think the labs are too busy right now so they will probably be able to get it made quickly.

Life goes on as we continue to circle and await the go ahead to land and carry on as normal.

Ambleside Beach

Parents Grave

Walk thru Cemetery