Lily's Dad part 4

Lily is staying at her parents' house. She says it is strange to spend so much time there after being away for so long, but that it is also nice to be somewhere familiar. I can understand both parts of that. When you move to the other side of the world, it is nice to hold onto even the smallest things that remind you of home. Actually being there changes everything. She is eating the foods she grew up with, walking down the streets she walked as a child and going to sleep in the house where she spent most of her life.

Then there is her father. He is doing a lot better, but is still weak and needs to learn how to eat again. He grew up a rugged Canadian eating too much red meat and salt on everything. Now, he has to eat healthy food. Healthy by Canadian standards means only two cups of maple syrup on your French fries. He needs to get healthy by medical standards. That is probably harder to do after a lifetime of Tim Hortons and poutine.

For the record, Tim Hortons is awesome – second only to Krispy Kreme – and poutine is a national treasure. But neither are what anyone would call healthy.