August 30, 2014. Western Head, N.S. Don and Doreen.

We have been friends with Don and Doreen for over 60 years. As couples, I believe they are our oldest friends. The four of us were friends before we married and have been fast friends all through the years, even though we moved from Toronto in 1964. But we have always kept in touch. Now that we are all retired, we are able to get together more often. Amazingly, we still enjoy each other's company. One aspect of being with old friends is the shared memories and the shared people. When David was 2 and not yet a swimmer, we visited Don and Doreen at their Toronto home. They had a swimming pool in the back yard. We were all standing by the pool when Andrew and David ran to the pool and immediately jumped in the water. I told Don that David could not swim so we watched. David came to the top of the water, grabbed the side of the pool and said to us,"That is called swimming". We roared with laughter. David has been a swimmer ever since.