August 22, 2009. Western Head, N.S. Celeste.

Celeste was born in Florida and lived there until she was thirteen. Her Father was an Episcopal Priest. She was a good student at her school. She got top grades. She had a paper due at school and she asked her Father to type her paper, something every child would do. He agreed, but as he was typing he became provoked with the number of errors she had made both in spelling and punctuation. At first, he corrected her errors. Finally, he was so upset with the errors, he typed the paper exactly how Celeste had written it, mistakes and all. The paper was submitted to the teacher and was returned to Celeste with an A+. Her Father was mortified and extremely upset with the quality of the school Celeste was attending so he began to seek alternate schools. As an Episcopal priest, his children were due a scholarship so he enrolled her in Bishop Strachan School in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is an excellent school and she attended school all through High School.

That decision made by her Father changed her life. After high school, she went to Mcgill University in Montreal, and the Lauri at College for Graduate school, finally competing her studies at McGill with her PhD. She met her husband Bob, who was from Montreal, in College and they have lived there ever since. In 1999, Celeste was attending a meeting at White Point Lodge here in Liverpool. While she was out walking, she fell in love with the place. She and Bob came back and bought a lot on the shore in White Point Estates and built a house to be used in the summer. Then two years ago the sold their house in Montreal and moved tp Nova Scotia. They are still employed at McGill but will phase out over the next two years.

I thought it a great story, that the Father, in his attempt tp change the direction of his child's education, would also change the direction of her life. Tonight, Celeste and Bob invited us for cocktails, which included Dave and Irene, Norm and Diane and the both of us. In addition, Pat and Mal are returning. Flights were full and cancelled all day today and tomorrow so they will return until Monday and try again. Now we are eight.