{"id":21570,"date":"2022-07-20T21:37:13","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T01:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=21570"},"modified":"2022-08-30T18:43:54","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T22:43:54","slug":"episode-612-the-little-boy-jack-is-gone-i-could-tell-by-his-bed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=21570","title":{"rendered":"EPISODE 612 THE LITTLE BOY, JACK, IS GONE…I COULD TELL BY HIS BED"},"content":{"rendered":"
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episode 612    PRIVATE JACKSON SKEOCH SHOWS US HOW TO MAKE A CANADIAN ARMY BED
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Keeping Jackson Skeoch under the microscope. How would army life change him?<\/div>\n

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On July 19, 2022, Jackson Skeoch became Private jJackson Skeoch of the PPCLI.<\/div>\n
(Princess Patricia Canadian Light Infantry).  Jack’s Parents, Julie and Andrew Skeoch<\/div>\n
and his grandparents, Marjorie and Alan Skeoch caught an Air Canada flight to<\/div>\n
Edmonton, Alberta and from there to CFB Edmonton where the official ceremony<\/div>\n
was held complete with a military marching band.<\/div>\n

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A SURPRISING LESSON<\/div>\n

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\u201cWhere will we stay?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s a hotel on the base\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cHow much will that cost?”<\/div>\n
\u201c$57 per person\u2026.no frills\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cWhat does the Canadian army consider  a frill?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cNo towels, TV that only a sapper could understand, no air conditioning\u2026.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cNo cool air\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cNone\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cThis is the hottest day on record\u2026temp in high 30\u2019s\u2026and we re expected to sleep<\/div>\n
without air conditioning.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s not the big problem, Alan.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cSomething worse?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cTake a look at the bed\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cWhat\u2019s that big lump in the plastic bag?\u201d<\/div>\n

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\u201cOur bedding\u2026we have to make our own bed.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cTrue\u2026.the army is making a point.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cA point?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cWe must make a regulation army bed\u2026.45 degree corners\u2026\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cGet serious.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cI am serious.\u201d<\/div>\n

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And there on our bed was a big lump of textiles\u2026.our bedding<\/div>\n

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\u201cHi grandma\u2026.greandpa\u2026what\u2019s up?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cOur bed\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cThought you would be surprised.”<\/div>\n
\u201cYou joined the army to make your own bed?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cSurprised me too, grandpa.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cLIke this?\u201d and Marjorie made the bed\u2026tight sheets.<\/div>\n
\u201cNot good enough\u2026corners had to be exactly 45 degrees\u201d\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cHow would you know ?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cThe sergeant would tip the bed over if corners were not precisely 45 degrees\u2026.<\/div>\n
measured with a ruler.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cHow are my corners\u201d, said Marjorie.<\/div>\n
\u201c37 degrees,,,not regulation, grandma\u2026.do the bed again\u2026or would<\/div>\n
you rather I did it for you?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cYou do it, jack\u201d<\/div>\n

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And he did.<\/div>\n
That was the first big change I noticed in Jack.<\/div>\n

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This week end we experienced a rite of passage \u2026. a stage in the life of Jackson Skeoch.<\/div>\n
All of us were changed as a result.  The little boy is gone.<\/div>\n

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July 20, 2022<\/div>\n

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