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It's 7pm and my nanna has now been in hospital for one week. She has been brilliant staying in her own home 97 years but as 98 approached she took to her bed, prefering to sleep the day away. Concerned, my father called in the carers. Just prior to her stay...

  On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek   Anecdotes About Flying   Part I – Booking and Boarding   Bits and pieces, flashes of the past, a jogged memory or two….all amount to mere snippets of a story. So, instead of one continuous...

The White Whale was my first car.  I bought it brand new from York Gary, who was the salesman at Ball Chevrolet in Nashville, AR, my hometown.   York was the father of my best friend Gloria.   It was not such a special car in the beginning.   It took...

  Home   The memory comforts me Home, a house set in a garden, abounding in seasonal colors and fragrances A mixture of old and new- wood, glass and trim The back yard-tall pines Fresh fallen pine needles Its essence, the purring of the attic fan On  a hot summer night...

My first memory of Valentine's Day is Fourth Grade.   My mother was a homeroom mother and that meant she was responsible for the Valentine Party in my class at school.   She took a hat box and decorated it for all the Valentines of all my classmates.   It was...

My Wish I wish I have the heart to heal those who cry I wish I have the gift to unwrap their pain I wish I have the knowledge to know what they need I wish I have the courage to tell them I'm not always right I wish I have...

Grandparents. In this audio Jill Sayner recalls her maternal grandparents.  

Growing up in Adelaide in the 1940's and 50's was an interesting time for Graham. Here he talks about his parents.

Alice recalls her grandparents. As she was reading her speech one of the other members of the Story Circle suddenly realised that she and Alice were second cousins - something neither of them knew!

Annette talks about her grandparents - who she never knew. This excerpt is taken from a history of all South Australians who fought in the First World War.  

Helen shares the stories of her parents with the Campbelltown Life Story Circle... Both came from the United Kingdom - her father from Devon and her mother from Staveley, Derbyshire.  

Continuing the story of her family Judith talks about her parents ...............

Parents mould our lives; in this story of her life Joyce talks about her parents and the stories of their lives.  

Margaret talks about her parents and says she could not have wished for better or more caring parents.

Ruth shares her memories of her father - John Payne.

Pat has no personal memories of her parents because of the circumstances surrounding her birth.

Helen traces the llives of her parents, George Michael Walker and Joan Mary Gibbs.  They were married in 1950 in UK and emigrated to Australia, George in 1952 and Joan in 1951.  George worked for BHP Whyalla until his retirement and Joan raised their children and immersed herself in the local...

SAMUEL JONATHAN WAYMENT   1846-1912   Samuel Jonathan Wayment was born May 28, 1846 in Cambridgeshire Parish of Whaddon, England.  Samuel was the third of eight children. His parents were William Wayment , who was born in Whaddon, Cambridgeshire, England on May 4, 1820 and Martha Brown Wayment, born in Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire,...

  By Shirley Orchard   Edgar was born 8 November 1908. A Sister Jensen, mid-wife, helped bring him into the world. His grandmother Dopp was present to care for him, his mother, and the other children until Marion was up and around again. Baby Edgar was named after a cousin of...

Prompt o' the day is : List 5 life rules to live by that are uniquely yours. "Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men". -Douglas Bader I've never given any thought to the idea of "having rules to live by"..  But,  after some thought I...