A Dear Friend and Mentor

No matter how far people travel or what paths new and exciting they choose to take one thing remains the same..... Life itself.

On Wednesday afternoon, the Seventh of January 2009, Dave Beers, my Flatbed Manager, Halifax Division, sadly and extremely suddenly passed away at home after returning there to collect some equipment for me and another colleague.

Dave was kinda like that favorite Uncle, or Older Brother who knew his stuff, the one who people looked up to and would ask advice of.
He loved our little dog Dee Dee, having the same breed himself, lots of advice was given to us about her. The funny thing was when we arrived back at Halifax after a Road trip, Rosie would get out of the truck, put the dog on the floor and Dee Dee would run across the parking lot to meet Dave who would have been out of the door the moment the truck turned into the yard to see the Dog and Rosie lol, i was a third on the welcome home order but it was so cool to see them like that.

People still sometimes ask me why i made the decision to do this job in another Country, well the answer has to lie in what has happened over the last few days, i would regret not doing it if i had made the decision NOT to come to Canada while i was still young enough and able to do it.
if it doesn't work out in 1 or 10 years i know that i did it and tried my hardest, no regrets, it just didn't work out........ but the bottom line is you never know what is around the corner, i was given a chance to fulfil a lifelong ambition and i took it, and damn have i had a hell of a time so far.

For the people who read this blog who i work with and for others who also knew Dave, i hope he made the same impact on your lives as he did on ours, we only knew him for a few short months but he will be Sadly Missed and Dearly remembered.

RIP Buddy

Rod and Rosie