Sample Stories

  • TABLE OF CONTENTS
  • Acknowledgements
  • Preface
  • Family Tree
  • PART ONE - TED AND HIS FAMILY
  • 1. LIFE WITH MY PARENTS
  • Dessert
  • Customer Loyalty
  • New Pets
  • Food for the Hungry Mathematicians
  • Christmas Cake
  • Small Treasures
  • Renovating the Garage
  • Home Improvements
  • A Serious Talk
  • Mother on Vacation
  • Slipping Away
  • 2. AT HOME WITH MY SIBLINGS
  • Greg and Ted's Vacation
  • Eyes in the Dark
  • Tunnel Vision
  • Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust
  • Parachuting
  • Flying Lessons
  • Tomatoes at Stake
  • Planning Dinner
  • A Trip to Toronto Island
  • Telephone Tale
  • Upgrades (Not Scholastic)
  • Only Eight Lives to Go
  • Pumpkin Pie
  • Lynn's Horse
  • Table Talk
  • Seventh Heaven
  • 3. AT THE LODGE
  • Working Like a Dog
  • Another St. Bernard
  • Hand Lawnmowers
  • The Algonquin
  • The Race
  • The Garden
  • The Golf Club
  • 4. CAMPING
  • Mother Needs to Know
  • The Proper Use of a Headband
  • Finding Our Way
  • Night Attire
  • Protection in the Wild
  • Amphibians
  • The General Store
  • Cold Feet
  • 5. ON THE ROAD
  • Memories
  • Courting
  • Clear Lake
  • Water-skiing
  • 6. FRIENDS AND FAMILY
  • Cottage Bliss
  • Pie in the Sky
  • Short Visit
  • Port Dover
  • Smalltalk Anyone ?
  • Ted's Favourite Pie
  • Fruit Stand
  • 7. MY THREE SONS
  • Richard
  • Milkman
  • Sunday Dinner
  • Easter Celebrations
  • Richard Be Nimble, Steven Be Quick
  • The Go-cart
  • The Contest
  • Steven
  • Safely Hidden
  • The Wager
  • The Facts of Life
  • The Naturalist
  • The Fire Within
  • A Study of Dynamics
  • The Dad Who Knew Too Much
  • Steven Buys a Pizza
  • Steven Rents a Video
  • Jamie
  • I Spy
  • Buried Treasure
  • Playing Games
  • The Collector
  • Jamie The Philosopher
  • 8. MORE PEOPLE, MORE PETS
  • A Decent Proposal
  • Fun in the Sun
  • Blown Away
  • Cheese Grinder
  • Intuition
  • Soup
  • Chocolates
  • Bread Pudding
  • 9. CLOSING: PART ONE
  • PART TWO - RICK AND HIS FAMILY
  • 1. LIFE WITH MY SIBLINGS
  • Monsters Under the Bed
  • Passing the Time
  • Three's the Limit !!!
  • Table Tennis
  • Faster ! Faster !
  • Out of Gas
  • 2. MY FRIENDS
  • The Picnic
  • A Hot Time at Home
  • Counting Traffic
  • 3. THE AMAZING RICK FEARNLEY
  • Egg Salad Telethons
  • Under the Canvas
  • Midnight Madness
  • Carrey On
  • The Trial
  • Vertigo and Vomit
  • Flight for Pride
  • 4. LIFE AFTER THE ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS
  • Egg Nog
  • Could You Give Me a Push ?
  • The Chandelier
  • Neon Lights
  • Fit for a King
  • The Laser Show
  • Concert Time
  • The Dimmer
  • Rush Hour
  • Belts in the Bush
  • Night Service
  • 5. FAMILY AND FRIENDS
  • A Tale of Two Ties
  • New Clothes
  • Cottage Road
  • A Shot in the Dark
  • Tennis Anyone ?
  • Call Waiting
  • The Life Preserver
  • The Birthday Party
  • The Laundromat
  • 6. MY THREE CHILDREN
  • Rachel
  • The Milk Train
  • The Cutting Edge
  • Listen to Your Mommy
  • The Move
  • Andrew
  • Gone Fishing
  • Bumping Heads
  • Tuberboy
  • Hooked on Fishing
  • Jaclyn
  • Mother Beware
  • Table for Ten
  • 7. CLOSING: PART TWO
  • EPILOGUE
  • INDEX of LIFE LESSONS