A Post Beginning May 31, Ending April 1, 2025. Yes, That's Correct
One of many Ottawa's grand buildings May 11, 2025 is Mother's Day which must be in bold typeface. This, of any day in the year is certainly a day to honour one's Mother, and if one is fortunate to have a living one who can be visited in her home, that person is additionally blessed on this day. Mine passed away at 97 years in 2012. The Mother of my sons is still around for them. Emma, my Mother was born in Prince Edward Island in 1915 to her Mother Judith Arsenault. Emma was one of nine children who lived on the family farm until her older sister Anna and Emma left the Island and settled in Montreal at first, and then resettled in Toronto. They found domestic work and joined forces to begin their adult life together. French was their native language that soon became a problem when they married two brothers named Archie and Fred McDonald. Both fathers from New Brunswick spoke only English and insisted their language was the only language to be used in their respective home...
