My grandfather was in the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) when he met my grandmother.
He wasn't a pilot - but was an airframe mechanic...which is good since he hated flying. But it was also bad, b/c the mechanic that worked on the airplane was required to go up with the pilot for a "test drive".
My grandfather was a story teller and a practical joker, so he was always entertaining us with his stories from his days in the RCAF.
My Show and Tell Friday item is a gold locket given to my grandmother, by my grandfather. The locket has some engraving on the front, along with the RCAF emblem. On the back my grandparents' names are engraved and inside are photos of my grandparents. They are young and grandpa is looking handsome in his uniform.
After his stint in the Air Force he was a pastor and an evangelist. He ministered in "logging camps" and was a "
Shantyman". In his later years he pastored a church in Ontario, Canada and also traveled into the USA to minister as an evangelist.
My grandparents are I were very close. From the age of about 6-13 we spent summers with them out at the lake. Once they moved from the lake - I would sometimes take the bus out by myself or with one of my sisters, to visit them, 4 hours from home.
My grandmother died before I got married, and my grandfather died about 9 years ago. I miss them both. There is so much of my life I would have enjoyed sharing with them and I regret that they never got to see my children, and that my children never got to meet them.
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There is No Place Like Home.
Well this is not something I made and it's not even something I own. But I think it is very special - an old handmade "rag" doll.
