 In preparation for today, I looked back through some of my daytimer pages and found an entry on January 24, 2004. After a very taxing week, I was feeling overwhelmed; then Edith came to stay on the weekend. I wrote, “Edith has been sent to me, to keep my life in perspective.” Having Edith in my home that night, recently from the streets of Toronto, helped me to put my week in perspective and concentrate on the things that I was grateful for: Bill, my children and their health, my strength and Edith.
 Although, I have only known Edith for 15 years, and during a lot of that time, I was not one of her favourite people in the world, I adored her strength and strong will. In many situations, Edith would have her mind made up and there was no changing it. She was not going to leave the house that she loved to move into Stirling Heights. With the help of the ACT team, she finally consented to the move, but only if her love seat could come with her. That was Edith’s security and her place of safety. She had slept on the loveseat from the day she had moved into Barrie Lane. Needless to say, the loveseat and Edith both made the move together.
Edith always kept hope for a better day. Very often, when speaking with Edith, she would mention that Prince Phillip would be bringing her a large sum of money. Enough that she would be able to buy her own home again and Bill a truck. Week after week, she would comment that he was supposed to have come on a certain day, but didn’t. We would always end the conversation with possibly next week. Edith had experienced many struggles in her lifetime; living through WW2, immigration to a new country, having her daughter, Helga, and her brother, pass away at young ages, mental illness and eventually living on the streets of Toronto for many years- but she still kept hope. It should remind us all to keep hope and faith that a better day is coming. 
Good bye, Edith
Love, Tracy



Mom,

Thanks for all the things that you taught me over the years.  And all the things that you did for me, that made me a better man.  You worked hard to provide for us.  And through your illnesses and challenges, your kind soul was always there.   I hope that you found some peace in the last several years.  Hopefully I will be able to be as strong as you and provide wisdom and knowledge to my children as well.  I will miss you.

love your son,
bill

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Waltraudt "Edith" Lautsch

May 26, 1932 – April 18, 2019

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