Wednesday, May 27, 2015
BY REQUEST: but how could I not share this memory!! So one day I get the call from mom "come quick, dad is in the big pond!!" So grimsby to the house at about 140k, fish tail in the driveway..and there he is...sitting on the grass under the tree beside the pond, looking like he had just lost his baseball over the fence of the house with the meanest dog in the neighbourhood, big pout on his face and his shoulders slumped. There behind him was the hood of his tractor sticking out of the water! Mom standing by the garage hands on her hips, slowly shaking her head. It was one of those moments in life where it was real hard to keep a straight face! Me: "hiya fella, what seems to be the trouble?" Dad: " backed the #*%#€£ tractor into the pond" Lol...pulled it out and laughed the whole time! Never in my 44 years have I ever met a person like dad, give you the shirt off his back then be mad that you didnt ask for his socks too! Absolute salt of the earth was this man who I am proud to have known and call my adopted father, in fact all you Martins are some of the best examples of awesome, down to earth great people it has ever been my pleasure to know, i am a better man for knowing this family no doubt! I can imagine one of the very first things ma and pa did when they met at the pearly gates was to go and have breakfast together, then off for an oil change!! You will be sorely missed sir, but I know one day we will all gather round the fire again for a beer! Say hi to ma, give her a hug for me! Love both you guys as my own, together again.
