thinking about Dad

[winterbadger]

I was writing to a friend who had sent condolences about the loss of my dad, and I said that I hoped--if there was anything after all this--that he had found Rev. Tubby Clayton and some of his old pals from TOC-H and Winant-Clayton, sitting about discussing the life of the spirit and figuring out what sort of good works they could do wherever they were.

If you're not familiar with the groups, take a look at these links.

TOC-H
Winant-Clayton Volunteer Association (UK)
Winant and Clayton Volunteers (USA)

They are organisations that he was involved with in the UK after his war service in India, working to help those less fortunate than he was and giving poor kids from London a chance to see something other than rubble and hard work, at least for a little while. I don't know (it never occured to me until now to ask), but I imagine that it possible that it was serving as a W/C volunteer that may have first given him the idea that a life working with and teaching kids might be a good thing. :-)

Comments

[wolfette]

Did I miss something? Last you said, your dad seemed to be stable, even though the docs kept insisting he was on his way out.

[winterbadger]

Yes, you would appear to have missed this entry.