Archive (4 life histories found)
'Letter to 16 year old Mary'
Letter to 16 year old Mary.Dear Mary,I am getting in touch with you this morning to compare notes; sort of to let you know what is in store.What an exciting ride it has been, though things turned out very differently from what you thought would…
Tags: Evaluation, journey, life
'As I begin my retirement I wonder what else life has in store for me.'
As I begin my retirement I wonder what else life has in store for me. I thank God for bringing me through the past, almost sixty five years, safely and for all I have learnt during that time. I thank Him, too, for my wonderful family and friends who…
Tags: anticipation, journey, Retirement
'...the most significant actual branching point came when I went to boarding school'
Maybe the earliest branching point in my life was the arrival of my brother when I was just over 15 months old. Perhaps a lot of my view of myself stems from my being supplanted from my perch then. However, the most significant actual branching…
Tags: branching point, journey, life
'We had names for the different stages of our journey to school: the belly tree, the six trees, Luby 's hill and Johnnie 's boreen'
I fell and cut my knees on my first morning going to Johnstown national school. Johnstown school was in Delvin parish - it has since been closed. We were living in Taughmon parish. It was to Johnstown that daddy had gone for the full three years and…