The Road to Dalhousie

You cannot change the wind but you can adjust your sails. A fictional biography showing the difficulties surrounding family and social relationships in small-town Eastern Canada when one's in-built direction is homosexual. Although I felt relieved that things were now in the open it took both my mother and I a bit of time before we were comfortable being around each other ... she may not have understood that it wasn't a choice I was making but rather an acceptance of what I couldn't change.Uneasy that something could happen to his parents on their trip to Europe Richard decides to return home to northern New Brunswick with his friend Norman. During the twelve-hour odyssey they reminisce about growing up in small-town catholic Dalhousie and share thoughts on their respective coming-out stories and their relation¬ships with their mothers. Richard's easy life in Ottawa changes when Norman's pre¬mon¬ition comes true. Charles Seems was born in Dalhousie New Brunswick Canada and has travelled the world. Charles is a teacher writer human resources manager and interior designer. He lives in Ottawa with his spouse Robert.