Michael Larkin:  

Life So what am I up to now… Well with three kids, two dogs I am certainly quite busy. Add to the mix a busy home office and you have to wonder where the time goes. I married Katherine Emerson, who I met in University (although we did not get together until after we both graduated) and settled in the Toronto area. Eventually we migrated north of the city to Newmarket and started “the family”. With two girls and a boy we are kept busy with girl guides, figure & syncronized skating, fencing and the like. I continue to operate a Planning Consulting company from a home office (LARKIN+Associates Planning Consultants Inc.). Sadly, Katherine passed away in August 2006. We are adjusting to our new life but as you may imagine, she is greatly missed. The kids are doing well, or as well as could otherwise be expected, and I am trying to learn the single parent thing. She was our centre, my love, best friend, business partner, super mom, and sole mate. Words are not enough to express our sense of loss, maybe time heals, or at least dulls the pain. School By the time I reached St. Thomas HS I had been to eight different schools in eight years. So when given the opportunity at the end of grade 8 to move to the new Pierrefonds Comprehensive HS I thought it would be a unique experience to stay put for another year or two. My older sister Judy had gone to ST.T as well and so many of my teachers “knew” the family. My High School experience really came together in grade 11 and I have fond memories of that time, although I had no idea as to wh...Expand for more