Survivors
I wrote this little letter last year to a Facebook group Tommy started many years ago called Laval West Survivors. A group from our hometown to share memories and photos etc. It seemed to strike a chord with many people and I decided to save it on my blog so I would always have it. Several years ago, around the time this group first started a young woman joined and asked why the group was called LW Survivors. What had we survived? I never answered then, I didn't quite know how to say if you don't know maybe this group isn't for you without sounding rude which wasn't my intention. Well young lady if you're still around I think I can now attempt an answer. We survived drug/gang wars, English/French wars, Laval/Two mountains wars and our parents wars. Referendums. We survived crossing the train bridge and all the near misses, crossing the frozen river and hearing the ice crack beneath our feet. We survived spankings, the wooden spoon, the belt, the strap and getting ...