tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8260274117021957060.post2004302868691709837..comments2023-10-31T04:53:09.902-04:00Comments on Cold Lake Cathy: Mark Champion - Letter from a FriendCathy Olliffe-Websterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12729578896443750402noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8260274117021957060.post-14549002028176562212012-01-26T08:51:14.043-05:002012-01-26T08:51:14.043-05:00Thanks, Kathy. It really is. And he really is.Thanks, Kathy. It really is. And he really is.Cathy Olliffe-Websterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12729578896443750402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8260274117021957060.post-9654678138658975272012-01-26T00:33:25.919-05:002012-01-26T00:33:25.919-05:00Your friend Mark sounds like a treasure. How wond...Your friend Mark sounds like a treasure. How wonderful the conversation continues, even after all these years.umbrellaladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06640257199319618306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8260274117021957060.post-67850578369751333642012-01-16T16:12:46.240-05:002012-01-16T16:12:46.240-05:00What is WITH kids and bloody fingers? LOL!!! I lau...What is WITH kids and bloody fingers? LOL!!! I laughed out loud, truly, when I read your comment... then I read it out loud to the folks I work with. Hilarious!Cathy Olliffe-Websterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12729578896443750402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8260274117021957060.post-22026685215421796052012-01-16T16:11:45.630-05:002012-01-16T16:11:45.630-05:00Perhaps... hahahahahaPerhaps... hahahahahaCathy Olliffe-Websterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12729578896443750402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8260274117021957060.post-20180940136697919712012-01-16T15:37:22.898-05:002012-01-16T15:37:22.898-05:00Love the letter! I wrote letters constantly, espec...Love the letter! I wrote letters constantly, especially to my Grandmother in Scotland. Still like getting them, don't we all.<br />Actually what I want to mention is the bloody finger story you started off with. I laughed! When I was a kid, the same thing happened to a man with a snowblower on the airforce base we lived on. The machine got stuck and he tried to clean it with his hand(!)and lost a finger. Word got out, and like moths to a flame all the kids appeared the next day to look for the blood on the snow and see if we could find his finger. Horrified and yet thrillingly excited.aliceinparishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00015746940799403919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8260274117021957060.post-32980181204575042612012-01-16T11:27:41.405-05:002012-01-16T11:27:41.405-05:00I love Mark. I just met him and I love him.
(Princ...I love Mark. I just met him and I love him.<br />(Prince Albert in a can? You know you did!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8260274117021957060.post-82438723243389672652012-01-15T13:48:34.509-05:002012-01-15T13:48:34.509-05:00Thank you Anthony! Yeah, I laffed my arse off abou...Thank you Anthony! Yeah, I laffed my arse off about Misty.Cathy Olliffe-Websterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12729578896443750402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8260274117021957060.post-54483893365491170512012-01-15T13:47:55.087-05:002012-01-15T13:47:55.087-05:00Nothing wrong with sweats and holey t-shirts.Nothing wrong with sweats and holey t-shirts.Cathy Olliffe-Websterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12729578896443750402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8260274117021957060.post-89441351645250412712012-01-15T12:37:20.805-05:002012-01-15T12:37:20.805-05:00Really cool, at times both funny and moving.Really cool, at times both funny and moving.Anthony Rapinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11581208296144295224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8260274117021957060.post-92081063856746140972012-01-15T10:29:01.457-05:002012-01-15T10:29:01.457-05:00Beautiful. As another with 50 in my rear-view, I t...Beautiful. As another with 50 in my rear-view, I think it really is a time of transition (as I sit in my sweats and holey t-shirt). You and Mark are very fortunate to have re-connected and still found that childhood bond.Laura Enohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09982794146667832204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8260274117021957060.post-19252418194086996392012-01-15T08:24:07.909-05:002012-01-15T08:24:07.909-05:00Me neither. Some days I wish I had a corporate lad...Me neither. Some days I wish I had a corporate ladder pay cheque, but most days I just couldn't have put up with the bullshite.Cathy Olliffe-Websterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12729578896443750402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8260274117021957060.post-39564337325598571342012-01-15T08:23:13.952-05:002012-01-15T08:23:13.952-05:00That's my favourite part too, Denise. I was ba...That's my favourite part too, Denise. I was bawling pretty heavy into that sentence.Cathy Olliffe-Websterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12729578896443750402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8260274117021957060.post-3110302869807764412012-01-15T08:22:21.413-05:002012-01-15T08:22:21.413-05:00He is lovely, Helen, thanks!He is lovely, Helen, thanks!Cathy Olliffe-Websterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12729578896443750402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8260274117021957060.post-12323668430868010272012-01-15T08:22:01.763-05:002012-01-15T08:22:01.763-05:00Your friend would love it, Erin. There'd be te...Your friend would love it, Erin. There'd be tears, for sure.Cathy Olliffe-Websterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12729578896443750402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8260274117021957060.post-27984920430601352602012-01-15T05:51:47.116-05:002012-01-15T05:51:47.116-05:00Downshifting. It can be such the right thing to do...Downshifting. It can be such the right thing to do. With 50 in my rear-view, I'm glad I never was all that interested in climbing the corporate ladder.Larry Kollarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08317037795075278427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8260274117021957060.post-83756458848052392032012-01-15T02:25:17.986-05:002012-01-15T02:25:17.986-05:00This is priceless: Somehow I had found myself wea...This is priceless: Somehow I had found myself wearing a corporate ladder, a Volvo, 2700 Sq Feet and a Swimming Pool and it obscured some of the things that you might have known me to be. Love the letter Mark. Great idea Cathy.<br /><br />DeniseDenise Covey https://www.blogger.com/profile/07106490051555233439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8260274117021957060.post-76050378988673773602012-01-15T00:37:55.973-05:002012-01-15T00:37:55.973-05:00What a lovely friend to have Cathy! and what a spl...What a lovely friend to have Cathy! and what a splendid letter. ^_^Helen A. Howellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12748128819820230841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8260274117021957060.post-40006710320868911222012-01-14T23:25:45.324-05:002012-01-14T23:25:45.324-05:00Makes me think I should write my own letter to an ...Makes me think I should write my own letter to an old friend. Though years and mileage distance us, I think we always hold on to those kinds of friends.<br />Cheers!EChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09359075647077590741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8260274117021957060.post-18417200388110061642012-01-14T19:33:05.424-05:002012-01-14T19:33:05.424-05:00BIG HUG for you, dear, dear Mark. I can't say ...BIG HUG for you, dear, dear Mark. I can't say enough how much I loved your letter. We must get together again soon so we can chat.Cathy Olliffe-Websterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12729578896443750402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8260274117021957060.post-70948233273901874892012-01-14T19:32:15.256-05:002012-01-14T19:32:15.256-05:00Crossing 50 is a lot like crossing the Atlantic in...Crossing 50 is a lot like crossing the Atlantic in a little tiny dinghy. Or crossing over on the ferry without Gravol... <br /><br />Hoping for a fine letter from another fine guy... hint.Cathy Olliffe-Websterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12729578896443750402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8260274117021957060.post-91648002123644939182012-01-14T19:30:56.341-05:002012-01-14T19:30:56.341-05:00"Holy moose poops?" hahahahahahahha! Lov..."Holy moose poops?" hahahahahahahha! Love it!<br />Ok, so not FOREVER in all caps.. maybe just forever....Cathy Olliffe-Websterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12729578896443750402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8260274117021957060.post-30707765051113050962012-01-14T19:30:13.279-05:002012-01-14T19:30:13.279-05:00A lot of my friends are funny and insightful and w...A lot of my friends are funny and insightful and willing to dash off a letter, hey Mizz Laurita? :)<br />Thank you. It is a treasure. So is he. So are you.Cathy Olliffe-Websterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12729578896443750402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8260274117021957060.post-20488602629212134422012-01-14T19:29:20.185-05:002012-01-14T19:29:20.185-05:00That's why I love it so much. Mark's lette...That's why I love it so much. Mark's letter really did come from a deep place in his heart. *passes you a Kleenex*Cathy Olliffe-Websterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12729578896443750402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8260274117021957060.post-23615148053869717372012-01-14T19:26:50.228-05:002012-01-14T19:26:50.228-05:00You would love him, Linda. And I'm sure he wou...You would love him, Linda. And I'm sure he would love you.Cathy Olliffe-Websterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12729578896443750402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8260274117021957060.post-72291625218679673152012-01-14T13:53:00.504-05:002012-01-14T13:53:00.504-05:00Another fine letter from a guy after my own heart....Another fine letter from a guy after my own heart. A terrific intro to his letter too, Cathy. Well done.<br /><br />Signed Alan, another man crossing 50...Alan W. Davidsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17067022519729701245noreply@blogger.com