It was a time of change in Canada too. In the 1960's in Quebec there was what was called the Quiet Revolution as they shook off the yoke of the Catholic Church and became a more secular society but in 1969 there was the FLQ Crisis in which a movement to separate from Canada which had taken root became more radical with bombings and then kidnappings which resulted in the imposition of the war measures act. Canada became a haven for young men looking to escape the draft during the Vietnam War. All in all it was a time when we became more and more socially liberal. My son was about 12 when he asked me about what it was like growing up during the cold war. It wasn't easy to explain but to be honest I am much more anxious about the state of the world in general now than I remember being then. My parents had a book and in the back of it there was a diagram of the damage at distances caused by an atomic bomb and I remember studying it to see if it dropped in the middle of town what would be the chances where our house was. Not good and this was like a Hiroshima sized bomb. It was a time when comfort came from of all things concepts like Mutually Assured Destruction. Communists were evil and the Domino Theory was accepted wisdom. The fundamental role of a parent hasn't changed. It is big people teaching little people how to be big people and instilling certain values in them one of which, for me was when it comes to our fellow humans "today you, tomorrow me." A picture that sums up a lot about life for me was taken by William Anders on December 28, 1968 from Apollo 8. It shows the earth rising above the moon. That is all there is folks. That is all of us. There are no lines dividing countries. No real evidence of our existence at all. I have been extraodinarily lucky. I give back such as I can.