Tragedy on the Danforth

There was a terrible tragedy in Toronto Sunday night on the Danforth where we ate dinner with friends just the week before. A gunman opened fire on the street leaving 2 dead (a 10 year old and an 18 year old) and 13 injured. They are saying he had mental illness.  The city is in shock once again.  It was just this past April when we had the van tragedy.

The Bean

Daughter L had a 4-day getaway to Chicago with some friends recently. Son K asked her to bring him a souvenir of the Bean. It has quickly become a landmark in Chicago since the sculpture was installed in 2004. K was delighted that they found him this cute keychain.

The unfortunate thing was that one of L's girlfriends had to abort her trip and fly home the day after they arrived.  It seems the girl's boyfriend's father went into cardiac arrest the day the girls arrived in Chicago and died 2 days later.  He was only 55.  The man had seemed healthy and was in fact lifting new furniture into the house.  This is so scary and shocking.

At the funeral people were told it would be a celebration of life, were asked to wear colourful clothing as opposed to the colour black.  Daughter L was glad she attended in support of her friends.