Monday, August 2, 2021
The day Bob passed, ironically, I was paddling down the Grand River with my nephew and his family. I thought of Bob a lot on that three hour paddle. I recalled our awkward first meeting at Kathryn Drive over a spilled beer, my first time at a canoe reunion in Bayfield (the Grunter club?), MacMillan Clan reunions with many sporting multi-coloured plaids and hearing father and son bagpipes, visits in Regina, SK including a frigid Grey Cup in 1994 and many visits in Winthrop, Maine usually celebrating Canada Day. I also recalled the pleasure of enjoying several of his famous chocolate cakes. Bob made incredible frosting!! We shared a common sign, his birthday on Christmas and mine the next day. He never once missed wishing me a happy birthday or if close by, baking me that cake.
Bob, Grandpa Bob to my children, had a quiet perseverance and we felt his love...a card or a call or a FaceTime closed the physical miles between our families. Grandpa Bob was loved and will be greatly missed. "keep plugging along" was his classic signature line in many greeting cards.
Forever in my heart or with me on a trail,
Cathy MacMillan
