Wednesday, June 13, 2018
Sending my Condolences to Al, Chris and family. Henry and I became very good friends after a very bumpy start. Anyone knowing Henry knows that it might be hard to strike up a friendship after a bumpy start. Well, i started out on that bumpy start as I made a comment in the coffee shop that he didn’t like and he never forgot that So when Helen and Henry ended up at the MNH, i had a chance to redeem myself. It wasn’t easy but I succeded and we became very good friends. In fact when ever I would see him after that, he always greeted me with a genuine Hug and reminded me each time about what I said in the coffee shop and how he never understood humour before and I was the one who taught him Humour and we bith had some good times discussing that. It hurt him quite a bit when I was diagnosed with Cancer and had to quit work because that stopped a lot of our little conversations and he missed that. He met me downtown Rosthern the first time after my diagnosis and He gave me the most genuine hug and said, if their is anything I could do to help you, please let me know, and I knew he ment it. Henry gave me alot of compliments during the way on how he missed my sense of humour at the MNH and he missed that. I had a few visits with him when he ended up at the Rosthern Hospital and i could see it boosted his Spirits when had our little visits and again we went over this time at the coffee shop. I was saddened when I heard the news about Henry passing away and remembered how he would say, “Guess how old i am” and he was happy to say “i’ll be 92 on my next Birthday” and now I guess he will celebrate that happy number, with Helen. He was strong enough to get through his Cancer ordeal a number of years ago and pridded himself on that and good for him to achieveve that goal. It gave me hope as I go through all my health issues. I will miss my friend and our little conversations, but I also know he will be happy to see Helen again and I will see him again one day as well. Friendships happen in the darndest places sometimes and if you nurture that first meeting, you can recieve very good conversations along the way and a few laughs and memories. I will always treasure my friendship with Henry as well as Helens, and one day, we shall meet up again and the first thing he will do is shake his head and remind me of that first time he got the lesson on Humour and how we became friends after all that. Anyone who was in the resturant that day can attest to that conversation, lol but I will truly miss our friendship so untill then, RIP Buddy
