Thank You Dad for Our Canadian/American Connections

Thank you, Dad:

Gerald "Jerry" Landry (1930-2000)

For treasuring the Country and people of your father and mother’s births.

Joseph Landry (1889-1994)
Gladys Nicholson Landry (1902-1988)

For taking your parents and your younger sister Evelyn to Halifax, Nova Scotia to be with family.

Evelyn and Gladys Nicholson Landry

For taking Mom to Halifax on your Honeymoon. She loved them, too!

Joan and Jerry Landry - 1954

For taking the time to get to know your Canadian aunts and uncles.

Myrtle Nicholson Landry (1899-1965)
Daniel Landry (1891-1968)

Abraham "Abe" Landry (1899-1998)
Edna Nicholson Landry (1907-2001)

Note: Three Landry brothers married three Nicholson sisters.

Having double cousins made it easier to cover both sides of your family at the same time. 

For getting to know your first cousins, as well.     

     

Helen and Leo Landry, Jerry Landry, Percy Landry, Ron and Shirley Landry Moore, and Edna Landry

   For inviting our Canadian relatives to the United States and the joy their visits brought us.

Back Row - Jerry and Joan Landry, Harold Babineau, Leo, Judy, and Helen Landry.
Front Row: Muriel Murray, Abe, Joe, Edna, and Gladys Landry, Shirley Landry Moore, Evelyn Landry Kirvan, and Percy Landry

Most of all, thank you, Dad, for fostering my desire to be close not only to our relatives here in the United States, but across our northern border as well. You left this world 19 years ago, but your legacy lives on. It began when your took our family to Halifax when I was eight. It grew even deeper when I had the privilege of living close to the Canadian border for several years and was able to visit on a regular basis.

Muriel Murray, Cal Shook, Leo, Edna, Abe, and Percy Landry

Since the photo above was taken, I’ve made several trips across the border from Halifax. Nova Scotia to River Bourgeois, Cape Breton.  I've been blessed to meet and get to know members of our ever-expanding Canadian family.  Shout outs to the Landry, Bouchard, Nicholson, Moore, Mulcahy, Murray, Bates, Jollimore, and Horne families. Love you all.

Looking forward to our continuing friendships and adventures to come,
Cal