Brotherly Love

Reconnecting with family in a fun-filled, three-day reunion was memorable for all

- Deanna Giles-Vail

I have always looked forward to any opportunity to get together with extended family and have helped plan several events, including a trip to Les Iles de la Madeleine in 2006 with my dad and cousins to visit one of my dad’s brothers and their late mother’s birthplace.

Last July, we planned a get-together so that my dad, Paul, and his brothers, Jeremie and William, who are all in their 90s, could be there. With family scattered all over, including in Quebec, Ontario and the United States, and William still living in Les Iles de la Madeleine, the idea to meet in Nova Scotia as a central point was born.