Travels with my Angst

2009 is about to become a memory.

It wasn’t such a bad year. There were a few bad days.

I lost a brother … I’d count that amongst the bad days.

My family is safe and healthy(and mostly happy) ..so I’ll tick off a few good days for that.

Hope you had a good year.

All the best,Wayne

My brother Troy died on Sunday,May 24, 2009

I was to fly back to Canada for the service, but the service was rushed. I was to arrive on Thursday morning.  and they held the service on Tuesday afternoon. Now it’s no secret that my sense of time is about as accurate as my math, but I think there’s a problem with the scheduling.

We canceled the flight

I just wanted to say Goodbye

Troy Andrew Duplessis

Born February 16th,1964

Died May 24, 2009

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