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Carla Morgan - (1966) (How can that be?!)
Hi Everyone,
Chateauguay was a long time ago, but thanks to my brother Bruce, I still have some on-going connections
there - Kenny and Louise Shegalis (sp?) and Lee Stanton, as well as a nephew - Jason Morgan.
Being president of the Student's Council my last year in high school has been a fine thing in my life ...
especially because of how I was elected. The year I ran, the Grades 8 and 9 outnumbered the 10's and 11's
and so I appealed to the younger vote. It was a great lesson. We did have fun!! I learned to pay attention
to my audience and to have fun ... still am doing these things.
I have followed in my parents footsteps in many ways ... My intention was to follow in my mother's footsteps
but do everything better (I do admit it. I am competitive) but, I'll have say that the doing things better part
doesn't work. I have done everything differently ... better or worse? ... Well, my life is good and so is my
mum's.
Details? Well ... after many gentle adventures across Canada and the U.S., I married a wonderful man,
moved to PEI, became an elementary school teacher and have four children of my own and three others
whom we've chosen to have an on-going association with in our lives - (nothing formal like adoption or big
brothers ... just very connected.)
Why write a bio?
Well (this is my favourite word of the moment))... you see, it happened this way. I moved with my family, to
a small town from the country because I made a friend with children the same age as my youngest. Many
things about this move just flowed in that "meant to be" kind of way, but one thing was positively weird. My
friend was talking to me about her stepmother, Erica. I paid no attention. Then Erica and her husband
came from Vancouver for a visit. Erica was Erica from Chateauguay whom I had talked to on the phone
from time to time years ago, trying to make it together to a Chateauguay High School Reunion and what's
more! They had the same dining room furniture. Odd, eh?
Why else write?
Well (I've already mentioned my attachment to this word) I'm not great on nostalgia, but I do believe that the
efforts we make to connect and reconnect with one another, matter. I believe that we, each of us, have our
greatest impact on the world in the little things, in how we live the daily challenges of our lives. What
challenge is greater than building relationships with the people we live with, the people near us and the
people whom we have connections with and influence? The only practical direction that I see to living more
in tune with our environment and with each other is to engage and relate, to connect. Living simply is
actually a very complicated matter. It means really living.
Enough for now.
Best Wishes to all,