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My big brother

It took me a long time to write anything on here, not for a lack of stories but being able to pick one. Every memory I have of my time with Greg is a happy one. I was only 18 and fresh out of highschool when I met Greg, I showed up at the Joffre plant with a $20 pair of walmart boots and not a clue in the world. It was my first time moved out away from home I felt alone, scared and just out of place. For reasons I may never understand the Wall brothers took me in under their wing. The level of kindness Greg and is brother showed me is almost indescribable, they didn't just go above and beyond to teach me a trade and keep me safe in a dangerous workplace, they took me into their homes and made me feel like family. They must have felt bad seeing my gas station lunches because they started packing me whole plates of food on a regular basis :) they bugged me about which one was going to claim me on their taxes! Greg was the kind of person I could be around 24-7, while up north we would work 24 day stretches together, we'd eat dinner together every night in camp then play online poker together. At the end of shift we'd face the 8hr drive then go fishing together on our days off! I'll always consider Greg like a big brother to me , no matter the circumstances Greg was always a phone call away. He literally gave me shirt off his back, while I was roasting away in a heavy pair of coveralls he gave me one of his own personal pairs of summer coveralls just to make my day better he hardly knew me at the time and I never forgot that. When I started at Albion sands I was scared to death of being left alone id never been anywhere like that, after two days of safety courses and orientation together Greg wipped out a pocket full of tickets for what we just did. He didn't need to be there he hated those courses so much but he did it again so I wouldn't have to be alone. All the scaffolders up there had their name on a magnet and thats how they made the crews every morning on a big bulletin , one morning our names were spit up and walked behind the bosses desk and put our names to the side . He told the GF straight up to find a job for this crew together or we'll be going home together! He came off as such a hard case but there is nothing Greg wouldn't do for the people he cared about. Every night when I go home to my family and look around at all I've been blessed with I think back to that lonely teenager with clunky boots who I'm sure had industrial accident written all over him and I think about the people that got me here. I owe the life I have now to you Greg and I carry you with me every day.
Posted by Scott beaulieu
Sunday July 27, 2014 at 4:43 pm
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