My name is Elizabeth and I live with my daughter Caprice in a quaint, little, old house in a quaint, little mountain city tucked away in the beautiful Rocky Mountains of British Columbia. This was not the case twenty-four years ago in l986. Then I lived with Caprice and my husband Roy in a luxurious 3900 sq. ft. rambling bungalow equipped with all the bells and whistles such as a swimming pool, a hot tub room, three bedrooms, three full bathrooms, family room with massive rock fireplace, living room, dining room, sewing/laundry room, fully loaded custom kitchen, double car garage, you get the picture. Roy and I owned and operated three retail stores so we were busy people…and lived a goooooood life. Caprice had been chosen to be the 1986 Alberta Muscular Dystrophy poster child. In February she was looking forward to going to Edmonton for a photo shoot with Paul Coffey (he was really good looking!!) of the Edmonton Oilers hockey team who was to appear with her on the poster. She had been scheduled to have major surgery in June to correct severe scoliosis of the spine. We had known for many years that this would be necessary and the time had come when it could no longer be put off, but she was extremely happy when her doctor agreed to postpone it until October so she could accept being poster child. In hindsight, maybe this was not a good thing, but she really did have a wonderful summer traveling all over Alberta.
The caption on the poster read “Together We Can Make It”. Caprice and I had no idea how appropriate this was for what came next.
I'm with you Elizabeth, Go for it!
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