Every once in a while you hear something good in the news rather than the usual doom and gloom. Sometimes it even helps restore your faith in humanity and gives a little hope for the future. Roberta Langtry of Toronto was just such a story. She died recently after a living to the respectable age of 89 years. She lived a quiet unassuming life and was a teacher for most of her career. What made her remarkable has only come to light since her passing. She was a quiet millionaire who donated to charity and often anonymous helped out people down on their luck by cheques in the mail from “an unknown benefactor”.
What was astonishing perhaps, was that very few people knew about either her wealth or her humanitarian efforts. Even her next door neighbour had an inkling of her secret life. Simply amazing! For more details on her story, check out the article (or my scrapbook) at the Globe and Mail.
Archive for September, 2006
On Sept 10, 2006 Olivia and I got married! It’s been such an incredibly busy few months, but the wedding day was absolutely wonderful. Even the weather co-operated with us and we managed to get some nice pictures outdoors in the lovely gardens around the Old Mill in Toronto.
I’m going to start posting pictures soon, but we still have to finish moving, unpacking, writing thank you cards and adjusting to our new lives. Hopefully I can squeeze in a little time to write a few entries at my website.
