![]() They were different from almost anyone I had ever known and had a deep and special bond. Tom could not have found better role models for me. Still, she spent a lot of time caring for her husband, trying to help him get going again. V_ probably could have handled most of the work herself in the piggery (she was a competent woman). A neighboring farmer had agreed to look after the fieldwork for the couple, and Mrs. It looked like he was going to be bedridden for a long time. He had lain on the cold dirt for much of the day until he was missed. V_ had had a stroke while seeding his grain. ![]() The farm was a smaller operation owned by a Dutch couple. Well, you didn’t have to be a rocket scientist, or even a high school graduate, to see that the way things were going, I was going to end up in prison or the victim of gang warfare, so I finally agreed to give it a try, although I didn’t think I would last a week working on some pig farm. He urged, coaxed, and persuaded me into taking a job as a hired man on their farm, with room and board included, but just at the minimum wage. Tom told me of a couple in his hometown in Northern Ontario who had a really tough time. I owe a debt of gratitude for turning my life around to my parole officer at the time, Tom. When I was eighteen, I was, like many inner-city, single-parent kids, a high school dropout, and in some trouble with the law.
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