Friday, October 18, 2024
We met Sean, after he came to Brandon to care for Ray, his dad.
It began with us dropping by with some home made soup or dainties or buns.
Each and every visit, was followed by a thank you call from Sean .
He noticed that I used a recycled plastic container for the soup and now I have enough Becel margarine tubs for everyone here
He noticed that the dainties were in a take out container from a restaurant and now we have a stack of those as well.
He noticed what restaurants we frequented and stacks of coupons began to show up in our mailbox.
When the apple trees in the back yard were loaded, Sean called…over we went and then made apple crisp and pies
During co vid, the phone calls began and Sean always had a list of items on his agenda
health issues
grocery shopping bargains and he would remind us that if we were ever short of peanut butter or toilet paper, he would share
breakdowns with the lawn mower, the garage door etc
But gradually the most time was spent with Andre and Sean talking about books
Andre got Sean using the Library and they read and discussed every book written about Wyatt Earp,, Doc Holliday, Shoot out at the OK Corral, the Clantons.
Then Andre started him reading the Author CJ Box and Sean read every book in the Joe Pickett series. More long discussions
He was an avid reader, and soon bought himself an e reader .
We will miss the phone calls from Sean,…even the ones before we would go out for a supper together, reminding us to look at the menu on line at home so we would not take time at the restaurant.
He and Ray ate early….Andre and I ate late so there was compromising needed.
Sean added a new flavour to our life. His dedication to his father was a topic of many of our conversations.
That won’t change..the memories will remain and things like apple crisps, a new Joe Pickett novel, an old western movie, will make us think about him again and again.
Andre and Marlene Brichon
