Peter Elson:  

Life Where have the years gone? I have finally reached a point in my life where I have some level of contentment. My path has not been the one some would have expected me to follow, including myself I guess, but it has been an interesting journey all the same, and it isn't over yet. Leaving Chilliwack was something I just had to do. It was a time in my life from which I gained a very personal understanding of the expression "crash & burn", and I needed to leave, to put that past behind me, to be able to start again. But I was born there, and have always found my way back, and coming to Edmonton has been a very good thing, even if a little on the chilly side. I fell in love with a beautiful Ukrainian woman who has put up with me and stayed by my side these past 20 years; as well as giving me 2 beautiful daughters along the way. But that 20 years has been a blur, gone in a blink.(and I quit drinking about 15yrs ago!)Time flies once the kids come along, seems like it was just yesterday that I took Tegan(my baby) to her first day of Grade 1 and now she's 16 and her sister is 18, and unfortunately I still remember what I was like at 16 and 18,. I would say "God help me", but as a firm believer in God, I am positive that giving me 2 daughters is his/her idea of a good laugh; and I wouldn't change a minute of it. Life is good! I still have all my original parts, and most of them are still working; I own more of my house than the bank does; I couldn't retire tomorrow(unless my 649 comes thru tonight),but what would I do if I didn't go to work? It has been and will continue to be a learning experience, and I learn a little bit mo...Expand for more