“She said, ‘Well, my mother is sitting right outside at that picnic table.’” – Jeanie Delaney

“I used to own the village store for 12 years in Bedeque, Prince Edward Island. And the village store was more than just a convenience store.” – Marlene Simmons

I was an accountant for 20 years, but I always thought that wasn’t my calling. – Brian Kelly

We used to have one little tiny corner store. It was Morris Ross that owned this corner store. And my cousins and I, every summer, would walk about three miles to the store and we’d get up there, but Morris would never be in the store. – Tanya Farr

“Walking to and from school in the morning and afternoon and at lunchtime. And if I had 5 cents or 25 cents, I’d stop at the corner store for candy.” – Marnie Olmsted