My fondest Christmas memory
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I am the third child in a family of nine. I was born in Prince Albert, Sask. My father worked for the city and my mother worked in restaurants and as a cleaning lady for a dentist.
My father passed away when he was only 46. It was on my sister's birthday, April 4, 1972. It was a very sad time in my life.
Before that, I remember when I was at home my father would always call me by his pet name for me, Coach. Every school day I woke up to "Coach, school." Since my father's passing, no one has ever called me Coach.