Where do we go from here? Who would have thought that our generation would be facing a world wide pandemic? We had to social distance, wear masks and stay home as much as possible. Those conditions now made writing a book a reality. I had been sorting out my notes, creating one chapter after another as I prepared to spend a lot of time writing over the next few months unsure of the road that lies ahead. A quietness fell over the city which gave it such an unsual uneasiness that I had never experienced in my lifetime. In my heart, I knew this would be the ideal period of time to set aside my own plans and get down to business. I was right. Things were now lining up fast!
It was now August, 2020 when the phone rang and it was the call of a lifetime for me. Charlie wanted to tell me two things, one that today had marked a ten year anniversary month of when he retired and had set foot in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. And for number two, Charlie said that all of his female friends had pretty much left the building and he had free time now to help me with writing the long awaited book of his life's story. I knew that the time may be only short lived since some lady out there would discover that Charlie was single and try to snap him up. For now, I now was able to have Charlie's full attention to help clarify some of his story based on my note taking over the years. Charlie said that it would be interesting to replay in his mind all of the events that had taken place, reliving both the good and the bad times. I wanted to also get inside Charlie's head to know how he thinks and arrives at the decisions that he had made along the way. I wanted to discover how he overcame what he went through so I could share it with the readers to help everyone on their own journey through life. I had some news to share with Charlie as the time quickly passed away and I now have retired to Canada where I originally came from. Well on August 15, 2020, I had now arrived in Calgary to find a place to live. I wanted to save that big surprise for Charlie when I actually was here. And so began the task of getting the story together and on its' own website which came into existance on May 25, 2021 out at Charlie's resort. Now the work continues... Who knows where this project will go, but we both sure have some ideas!
Hi! My name is Jacques. I was a friend to Charlie for a good number of years of his life. I was just thinking that so many years since 1988 have flown by so very quickly and now we both are retired in Alberta. Charlie and I had worked in the education field. We met for coffee many a time and when we were not out having coffee, we talked on the phone for a few hours now and then, always catching up on the current events in each of our lives. I can say one thing for sure that Charlie kept a very active lifestyle in one way or another. I can think a lot of the conversations that we had were always returning to relationship issues that Charlie was going through at the time. When Charlie got first divorced, it was someone's mother out there who made a statement that Charlie would attract a lot of different women with his looks and personality. I am only now going over my notes collected over the years, trying to remember and keep separate the stories as much as possible to retell the adventures as Charlie would have had me do at some point in the future. I had taken many notes as we talked since I could see that Charlie was a story in the making. I believe the time has come to share that story. Charlie also wanted me to pass along his wisdom that he collected over the years to give to those that will be venturing into having relationships so they would have some guidelines to follow and to hopefully be able to skirt around some potential landmines that are out there.
To begin the story, you must first understand who the original godfather was and what he was all about. Charlie had a long time friend in Columbus, Ohio where they grew up together and his friend had a godfather. His godfather had been married twice and said never again. He had three girlfriends after that as to never get attached to any one lady. The godfather went on to retire and then had seven girlfriends at the same time back in his day. He had passed on his wisdom to Charlie's friend and his friend in turn passed the knowledge onto Charlie. Charlie was very intrigued by this godfather with his seemingly infinite wisdom on relationships. Charlie also had been married twice as well so he had an instant connection to this godfather figure and Charlie actually had briefly met him somewhere in those younger years at some function that he had attended with his friend.
The original godfather passed away a long time ago and Charlie now assumed the role of the godfather. He now wanted to pass those beliefs along to me to share with you along with Charlie's own discoveries. Charlie was a fellow who just wanted to follow the American dream, find a lifetime partner, get a house, have a family, but life did not work out that way for the long term. Each chapter basically refers to a new relationship, a continuing one or just a major change in Charlie's life. So that is basically where we begin our story of the adventures of Charlie's many relationships plus the experiences of those he met along life's journey. First we must return back to the early years so you will have an idea of where Charlie had come from and to learn more about who Charlie really is.
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