A Good Father

Husband M and I were in McDonald's restaurant one morning.  I mentioned to one of the employees that is was a Professional Development Day at the schools that day.  We laughed that it meant a peaceful morning as the place is usually very busy with school kids during the week.   She started telling us of the hour and a half bus rides (each way?) she endured as a child going to school.  It seems she grew up in Northern Ontario.  As a result she really appreciated Professional Days off school but maybe not so much her mother as there were 4 kids in the family.  It must have been tiring for the kids, those long bus rides. 

I asked if she would consider retiring up north one day, back to where she grew up, you know.  She said she had 6 properties out east in Newfoundland and that is where she would retire.  She said her dad had bought the properties thinking of his 4 kids and I thought, what a good father!  She really appreciated her dad too.  Apparently the 4 kids will share in these properties.

Of course Newfoundland gets a LOT of snow, but it is peaceful and the summers must be wonderful.