Archive (8 life histories found)

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…

May I say what a great pleasure it has been to take part in the Life History Workshop. It has stimulated my mind to realise what a great life I have had. I realise how fortunate I've been to have met such wonderful people in my life and it makes me…

To a large extent, life is what you make it yourself. You can only get out of anything what you put into it and, in this respect, many young people today expect everything to be their right and that they should be receiving this and that benefit,…

What is Bowls?Bowls is a science, a study of a lifetime. You may exhaust yourself, but never the subject. Bowls is a contest, a melee, calling for courage, skill and self control. It is a test of temper, a trial of honour, a revealer of…

Life, like a game of bowls is but an endWhich to play well this moral verse attend.Throw not your bowl too swiftly from you hand,First let its course, by reason's eye be plannedLest it roll useless o'er the verdant plainThis sanguine life be…

While the whole tenor of my upbringing, and my desire to show my love for God led me in a certain direction, my aunt Sr. Emilian, had a significant influence on me - I admired her greatly. My mother's affection for them and the way she put her…

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…

LIFE (anon)When I was one The War had begun. When I was TenIt was (Korean) wartime again.When I was Twenty I thought I knew plenty. When I was Thirty I liked to be flirty.When I was Forty I got rather sporty. When I was Fifty  I turned…