62. Michel and Kyle at Halloween. My three older boys were thrilled to have a younger brother.
63. My 40th birthday, in 1988; I’m pregnant with Ally. From left: Karina (Fried’s niece), Sacha, me, Kyle, Michel.
64. I had always dreamed of having a daughter. Ally was born February 2, 1989. She was such a happy baby.
65. Sacha with his little sister.
66. With my mother.
67. Ally, at the age of three, playing on the governor general’s fence.
68. Fisherman Kyle, at our cottage on Newboro Lake.
69. My little princess. I loved to sew, and Ally is wearing one of my creations.
70. Justin and me in my backyard.
71. At my house on Victoria Street, with the kids.
72. The Kemper clan—Easter celebration.
73. Family picture, with our dog Sandy, at 95 Victoria Street.
74. The poster for a 1996 documentary, Passion before Reason, by Canadian documentary filmmakers John Curtin and Paul Carvalho.
75. The Sinclair clan on Grouse Mountain, for my mother’s birthday.
76. My family welcomes me home from the hospital.
77. Sophie and I travelled to Ethiopia with the humanitarian organization WaterCan.
78. Helping women access clean water in Ethiopia is part of my work with WaterCan.
79. In my sunroom at 95 Victoria with Ally and Michel.
80. Michel playing hacky sack with his friends on the West Coast.
81. Michel in Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands), British Columbia.
82. Justin and Pierre at Kokanee Glacier Lake, where Michel died.
83. At the Gillespies’ house in Vankleek Hill at summer solstice, just before Pierre passed away.
84. Overwhelmed by sadness, just after Pierre’s death. This photo was taken only days before I was hospitalized, sick with grief. In the background is a picture of the two of us dancing.
85. With Bryan Adams in 2000. He put on a great concert to raise money for the Canadian Avalanche Foundation in Cranbrook, B.C.
86. A photo of me taken by Bryan Adams for his book on famous women.
87. Sacha and me, opening up Kokanee Glacier Cabin.
88. With Ally and Sophie.
89. At Justin’s wedding to Sophie Grégoire in 2005.
90. With Sophie on her wedding day.
91. Ally and me at Justin’s wedding.
92. Living in Montreal, my new city. This photo of me and the boys was taken for Hello! magazine at the St. James Hotel.
93. During a speaking engagement at the Bottom Line conference, organized by the Canadian Mental Health Association, Vancouver, 2007.
94. My garden at its best, at Newboro Lake.
95. At Sacha and Zoë’s wedding, at the boys’ cottage in the Laurentians. From left: Sophie (pregnant with Xavier), Ally, me, Justin, Zoë, Sacha, Kyle.
96. Sacha and me at his wedding reception.
97. Preparing a celebratory feast for my 60th birthday at Betsy’s house on the West Coast. From left: niece Jamie, niece Sarah, Betsy, Sacha, niece Chloe, me.
98. With Zoë, at a WaterCan embassy dinner in Ottawa.
99. Pierre with his uncle Kyle on our fishing boat at Newboro Lake.
100. My first granddaughter, Gala, as in “a very grand celebration.”
101. Gala and her beautiful mother, Zoë.
102. Xavier under a portrait of “Gramma-Yummy” and his dad, baby Justin.
103. Ella-Grace Margaret Trudeau—will she follow in her grandmother’s footsteps?
About the Author
MARGARET TRUDEAU was born in Vancouver, Canada, where she attended Simon Fraser University. The former wife of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, she is also the author of two previous memoirs, Beyond Reason (1979) and Consequences (1982). Margaret now works with WaterCan, a registered charity dedicated to providing clean drinking water to the world’s poorest people, and speaks across the country on mental health issues. She lives in Montreal.
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