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I didn’t ask to be born and I don’t owe my parents for parenting…….
I was born in 1951. I was born into a Catholic family. I was educated well and in catholic schools. My Dad had a good job, well respected. My Mum was an “ at home Mum”. She took on responsibility, with Dad, for providing a home for her Mother. Grandma was a “present” for me…
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I kid you NOT!
What are your morning rituals? What does the first hour of your day look like? 5.00am this 74 year old rolls over, 5.15 this 74 year old rolls out of bed and travels to the light of the bathroom. Beloved Lexi, (pooch) is licking her “licky plate” frantically consuming her first course of breakfast. First…
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Me!
What makes you laugh? I laugh at things I thought were important! I laugh at what people think I should do and how I should be in order to get a pat on the back for my confirmatory! I laugh when everybody else thinks they know what I should be, do, say even when I…
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Free Range though I am
What’s something most people don’t understand? Ok. A post just for my own value here I go! THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION is not THE VIRGIN BIRTH! Now get your mind around this! The first is a reference to the conception of Mary. Procreation by her parents Joachim and Anne. It is the act that resulted in…
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Helene
Who was your most influential teacher? Why? As student? She was not my teacher. As a student she was the only “lay” member of staff at my catholic school. She taught geography. I was gifted in music. She played the trumpet but I didn’t know that then! Years and years later she become my mentor,…
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Conflicted
What is one word that describes you? Should I: give in or hold my ground; ignore the heavy lifting (insistent pooch) or do it anyway; remain silent or release all the expletives at the back of my throat; hope or let it go; turn up my volume or turn my volume to zero; enjoy the…
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A long, long list
What movies or TV series have you watched more than 5 times The long long trailer; Gone with the wind; First Wives Club; the Ten Commandments; the Quiet Man; Dead Poets Society; Turk 182; Notting Hill, My Best Friends Wedding; Quo Vardis; the Patriot, The LongShips, Rob Roy, Australia, Wizard of Oz, Grease, West Side…
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Sloth
As I understand it to be! Inert! I could be wrong I guess. Occupying space but no one else’s time. A blob. Occupying space and giving back nothing! Why? If I could I really would stop the world because I want to step off! It’s not a death wish! It’s a wish for the world…
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Happy International Womends’ Day
As I was doing the washing up today, as on every occasion I do the dishes, I was remembering a magnificent, talented, intelligent woman of my own vintage! Her husband was my boss at one time. We were at a work function and we were at the kitchen sink – me washing, she drying. I…
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My Godmother- Ruth
What is your middle name? Does it carry any special meaning/significance? Ruth and Roger were my godparents. Siblings, older children of my Mum’s sister Elizabeth Clare. I have a photo of me with them on the day Ruth was professed into a religious order. I am a curly haired little 2 year old. Standing, sort…
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Thanks Mum!
Write about your approach to budgeting. My Mum always said: “Love many. Trust a few. Always manage your own canoe.” Approached many of life’s challenges over the years As a member of the “heading towards aged care” generation, it applies even more so now. Thanks Mum!
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Confessions of a Free Range Prolapsed Catholic 