Exposed to life at an early age as a Webster defined bastard, a product of rape,born to a 17 year old girl in 1956 BC Canada.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bastard

You know I won the lottery at birth by being born in such a peaceful country.

Deeply influenced by my Grandfather who unfortunately lost his life to Hodgkin s cancer when I was 12.

He was a great person and is the reason I became a West Coast tree faller at a very young age.

The courageous young woman, who stood against deliberate ignorance and kept me is to be honoured for her efforts in a time when individuality was not recommended.

Although plagued with emotional, shall we say PTS, she went on to become a nurse and quite successful model.

Grandparents, foster care and three stepfathers, allowed me insights no conventional childhood would offer.

Her words :" You can be anything you want, you can do anything" proved to be far more profound as time passed.

Falling was a wonderful experience,some of the best fishing in the world, combined with boats, helicopters, float planes all modes of outdoor life and of course camp cooking.

Construction, Real Estate, Finance and general business were all there to do, so why not?