On Making Memories and Developing Grit During the COVID Era
Do you remember the holidays you took while you were growing up? Do you remember what went "right" and what went "wrong" and what your parents seemed to be doing while all that was occurring? Sometime in the early 1980s my family was travelling to Waskesiu Lake (Prince Albert National Park) pulling a boat. The boat trailer tire came off or went flat and there was some involvement of a pop can to cover the wheel bearing. I don't know if we were South or North of Prince Albert, nor do I remember how old I was or if I was even there . I have heard the story a few times and I am not sure if I actually experienced it first hand or if I only "remember" it through other family member's memories. Either way, the outcome was clear, my parents found a solution and kept going. In the late 1990s my friend and I hitched a ride with my employer to Medicine Hat (2.5 hours away). She was making a weekend day shopping trip and we went along. I remember my friend ...