One year ago today…

Posted by on Sep 4, 2012 in Blog | 2 comments One year ago today Tracy’s life changed in a instant. “Isolated, by itself, what is a minute? Merely a measurement of time. There are 60 in an hour, 1,440 in a day. At seventeen, I had already ticked off more than 9,000,000 of them in my life. Yet, in some cosmic plan, this single minute was isolated. Into these particular sixty seconds was compressed more significance than all the...
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The Next Chapter Begins

Posted by on Jun 12, 2012 in Blog | 6 comments It’s been 9 months… HOMECOMING: Tracy moved out of Lyndhurst Hospital yesterday and back into her house on Ranleigh Avenue to be with her boys. She decided this was the best move for her at this time. Modifications were done to the basement to make it an accessible living space and she now has her own team of personal caregivers. So here’s the scoop….I have not written a blog post over...
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Tracy has Cool New Wheels!

Posted by on May 11, 2012 in Blog | 3 comments As some of you already know, Tracy took delivery of a beautiful new MV-1 accessible van last month. The MV-1 is the first factory-built, wheelchair friendly vehicle on the market. Tracy really took her time and looked at many options including van conversions but ultimately decided that the MV-1 was the best solution for her, the family and her caregivers. I know we don’t say it enough...
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My Aunt

Posted by on Apr 1, 2012 in Blog | 29 comments My daughter Abigail has been hard at work on a speech she’ll be giving tomorrow in her Grade 9 English class. After rehearsing it tonight in front of Lesley, Grandma Joan and I, she graciously agreed to share it will all of you… Robert —————————– Life is precious, and that is not something that I really understood, until I...
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March Update

Posted by on Mar 26, 2012 in Blog | 2 comments The Updates I am long overdue in writing a blog post. It is close to 7 months since that fateful day. It has been an unbelievably difficult journey ……too difficult to write about at times. So here’s the Tracy scoop: Tracy is still at Toronto Rehab’s Lyndhurst hospital. She is learning to use her motorized wheelchair using a sip and puff controller – not without its challenges but...
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Join The Team Tracy Cycling Group

Posted by on Feb 25, 2012 in Blog | 0 comments A cycling group called ‘Team Tracy’ is being created to participate in The Centurion 50 mile ride in Collingwood on September 16, 2012. It is wide open for anyone to join…and all levels of riders are welcome. Tracy’s friends Debbie Gray and Jeff Chalmers have graciously offered to help put the wheels in motion. Tracy loved to ride and it was during her training for The Centurion...
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