80 years of personal history

Edgar Ernest Massey
Born 1946-08-19 in Kindersley Saskatchewan Canada
80 years ago


It is amazing that in the beautiful evening sunset of life one by one, bright little stars can suddenly make their way into focus. These stars have been been in my sky all along, but it is first now I get to see and appreciate their amazing beauty and the wonder of their existance in an environment so dark and cold. So much beauty, inspiration and light can raise its head even in the caos and darkness of this present world around us if we notice. Understanding this is one of the privelages in the lingering (after 80) evening hours of lifes day.
Present	Recent pix of us when our youngest grandchild was born	Moved here 2002	Our present home in western Sweden	With our kid 2026
80 years of personal history in six chapters
Chapter #1	1946 -1965 Born and raised in a wonderful farming home and community in western Canada.
	Me as a small baby	Me as a boy	Me as a teenager	School picture More Chapter #1 pictures

Chapter #2	From 1965-1981 I lived and worked as a celibate transient pastor in a fundamentalist Christian cult -- 8 years in Canada .. 8 years in Sweden.
**Note at the bottom	With dad when I left home to be a pastor (18 years old)	My first companion as pastor (1965) Stanley Sharpe	Passport picture when I first came to Sweden 19973	When I was with Dale Shultz

Chapter #3	1981-1989 A significant life change as I fell in love and married Emmas mother, Katarina. This meant I began a 'normal' life style working in the computer branch. We bought a home in western Sweden and our dear Emma was born in this period .. Unfortunately in 1989 Emmas mother passed away.
	Wedding pix	Kararina and Emma	Katarina with Mom Joan and Anne	Out for a walk

Chapter #4	1990 - A new life began with my remarriage to Mireille, the treasure of my life, and in the period 1991-2000 five more of our wonderful children were born.
	Wedding pix (1990)	Our home at the time	Off to somewhere	Enjoying our little home More Chapter #4 pictures

Chapter #5 **Note at the bottom	2001 - A major tumult in our lives as we were condemned as "unworthy" people' by religious leadership because of some basic moral concerns I brought to light. Then we as a family were dramatically and publicly expelled from a fellowship (social grouping) that I had been deeply involved in since birth. A complete restart in our personal and social life. *
	This was the site of our public excommunication	My cousin Marg - also brutally expelled	This was our family at the time of our expultion	The Barnato sisters

Chapter #6	2002 until today 2026 has been by far the most amazing chapter of them all .. Not without its difficulties , but by far the most wonderful and beautiful life chapter thus far. Our six children are of course, our major treasure and pride but even beyond this ... life has been filled with so much fulfillment and purpose in so many ways.
	Emmas masters degree in London	Beckas masters degree as midwife	Kids in London phone booth	Our trip to Ireland More random pictures from each of these 24 wonderful years

** Note:	Recent years this same religious sect has become engulfed in massive international sexual abuse scandal. Leadership sadly denies moral significance for them in the ugly issue in spite of it being published on most major news channels and is under investigation by the FBI. It is clear that it is internal 2x2 policy to harbor and defend their own sexual offenders at the obvious expense of the hundreds those that have been injured and suffering at the hands of a multitude of internal abusers. A simple google search on 2x2ism and these issues* Approx 10 000 hits!