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tigerlilychick — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 14:37:29 CDT

My name is Danielle Johnston and I reside in the City of Winnipeg. I'm attending a self employment program learning how to become an entrepreneur, but this is something I started on my own in my spare time.

July 1st 2003 was not a great day for us because my mom lost her husband, my brothers and I lost our father and my children lost their Papa due to occupational cancer. His name was Brian Johnston a member of the City of Winnipeg Fire Department.

My Vision

after my father passed away I wanted to create a memory book in his honour to share with family and friends.

My idea is to bring it one step further and let all you web surfers share with the rest of us, terrific memories that you have of the people that you have loved and lost.

My dad was one of the firefighters remembered at last years
2006 IAFF Fallen Firefighters Memorial
in Colorado Springs and we received a great book with information of all the fallen firefighters but it was more like reading their obituaries and I wanted to give more. So this is where you come in. This is your chance to tell the world some great stories of your loved ones and let us know them as people and not just as a statistic.

Sharing memories help with the grieving process and I hope you will share yours as well.

I can remember from the time I was a little girl that my dad would come home and tell us stories of his day at work. The men he worked with, the adventures he had, the stories with happy endings and when we were older, stories with not so many happy endings but everyday we took for granted that he would come home safe and sound.
I remember how proud I felt at school when kids would find out that my dad was an everyday Hero and when I got home from school I would beam at how others viewed my dad. Of course like any other people in his line of work, he modestly explained it was his job and he didn't look at himself like a Hero we all know the truth.

Hero's are defined as a man or woman distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength.

I would say that describes every firefighter, police officer, paramedic and armed forces personnel who puts themselves in harms way everyday to help those who need it without thinking about the risk at hand.

E-mail all your submissions to me at

tigerlilychick@coldmail.ca

I will get them up as soon as I can
I will be posting all submissions so really think about the greatness of your loved one.

Also, please keep an eye out at the bottom of this page in the comments to see updates about this site. I will update everyday. Thank you again

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Our Armed Forces

tigerlilychick — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 12:53:49 CST

No submissions at this time. If you have a story please share it by sending it to

tigerlilychick@coldmail.ca

Our Paramedics

tigerlilychick — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 12:52:22 CST

No submissions at this time, if you have a story please share it by sending it to me

tigerlilychick@coldmail.ca

Our Police Officers

tigerlilychick — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 12:50:35 CST

no submissions yet, to submit a story please e-mail me tigerlilychick@coldmail.com

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CONTRIBUTIONS

tigerlilychick — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 09:43:06 CST

No Contribution is too great or too small.

Thanks to all the following Contributors who are helping to find a permanent home on the World Wide Web for this important site

My goal is to collect enough contributions to give this great web site a permanent domain name on the net. As well as register it as a non profit organization. Once we have a permanent home, I want to include all Our Canadian Hero's. Police Officers, Paramedics and of course our Armed Forces.

Once a contribution is received, your name or organization will be added to our Contribution list with your permission.

please make contributions payable to

Danielle Johnston

72 Westgrove Way

Winnipeg Manitoba

R3R 1R7

Receipts provided on request

Our Firefighters

tigerlilychick — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 09:36:24 CST

Brian Johnston local 867 Winnipeg Manitoba

One of my greatest memories of my dad was when I was just a child, maybe grade 4. He was working the 6pm-6am shift at 20 hall in St. James. We lived in Headingley and because we had to haul our own water my dad drove the truck with the water tank in the back. I remember always climbing into the back of the truck and hiding behind the tank and by the time he got to the end of our road, I would pop my head up and scare the heck out of him. So if he was late for those shifts, now you know why. It got to the point where he would check the back of the truck before he pulled out of the driveway.

Another funny story that tells a lot about my dad and how he didn't have to spend money if he didn't have to. Our truck was a standard and I learned from the age of 8 how to drive a standard because we had to haul our own hay in the Autumn to cover the septic tank in our back yard so my job was to drive in the field and my dad and brothers would put the hay on the trailer. One summer I got a kite so we headed to this farm road with an open field to fly my kite. We couldn't get the kite to stay up because the wind had died down so my dad's bright idea was to let me drive and he would stand in the back of the truck and fly the kite. It went really good for awhile until I accidentally braked and he fell in the back of the truck and let go of the kite. It drifted about a mile away into the dense woods and I thought that would be the end of it. He was so determined to find this kite, I waited at the truck for almost 2 hours but low and behold he came out of the woods with my kite in hand. Apparently he had to climb a tree for this kite that at the time probably cost less than a dollar. I don't know if it was determination or just a way for him to save a buck. All I know is that he was a Hero in my eyes and we will surely miss him.

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Unsung Heroes

tigerlilychick — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 09:49:38 CST

Now start your Journey and enjoy the stories.

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