Time to start posting some stories and photos.

We lived in Elmwood, an older, working class, neighbourhood in Winnipeg. I'm 18 months older than Jonathan, so for my entire memory, Jon has always been there. I don't have many clear memories of our early childhood. I guess that this is a pretty typical experience once you get to adulthood, our earlier memories start to fade.

This is the earliest photo that I have that shows us with a canoe. I have taken up a career of building canoes, and canoeing is an activity that Jonathan enjoyed as well. The funny thing is, that in all the time that we shared this interest, we only ever went on one canoe trip together, and that was before his children were born, and when my first was only 2 years old.

I wish that we could have gone on more trips.

We remembered Jonathan last night at the Memoriam service at St Benidictes.It was very nice and we lit a candle for him and we mentioned we lit it in his memory
Mom and dad

Adding contributing authors

I just spent a bit of time today to figure out how to add contributing authors to the blog. Now that I know how to do that, I have sent invitations to the immediate family members, and as time permits, I'll expand that to the extended family.

I'm not sure yet about expanding that administration privileges beyond family, the list could just go on and on. I'm thinking that friends can add their thoughts as comments, or forward a post to family and we can post it as a contribution.

So far, Jason has replied to the contributing author list and has been granted administration permission. He has a lot of the photos of Jonathan on file and I'm sure will begin to post some.

I’m thinking that we should encourage posts to be succinct, to the point and able to be read in a short period of time. This is to avoid poor writing that just rambles on. While encouraging open sharing, writing should keep in mind that this will accumulate into a document of record. There is a limit as to how much storage space is available, photos should be chosen for content, and sized appropriately.

I really hope that this works out to be a good project.

Toussaint

On the occasion of Toussaint, I was thinking a lot about my brother Jonathan Ingram, who passed away 2 years ago, due to pancreatic cancer.

Just in case you're not fluent in French, Tousssaint is All Saints, the day we especially take the time to remember our departed.

You know how every once in awhile you Google your own name, just to see what comes up? Well, I was doing that with my brother's name, and it seems that he's fading out of cyberspace. I was talking about this with my wife, Nicole, and she and I shared the sentiment that now would be a great occasion to do something to rectify this, being Toussaint and all.

I would like to use this blog to provide an opportunity to share our memories of Jonathan, whether its a post that I post, or one that you forward to me to post, or just your additions in the comments section.

I think that it will also for a great biography for all of us, but especially for his daughters, Tristyn and Terina, to have and to look back on.

So, please, feel free to help build a place where we can remember a great brother, son, father, husband, and friend.