It had been a difficult few years for me. The last time I had my hand on this door handle my father was none to happy to see me. We had always been very distant and none more so after the death of my mother. I really wanted to be close to him but the…
Every single one of us in my eyes from the moment we are born is assigned our own Guardian Angel. A celestial being that will help and guide us throughout our life’s. Your Angel will stay with you from the moment you are born until the moment you die. Throughout our time on earth, we…
When I first started school at St. Marys’s R.C in Loughborough my mother used to take me on the back of her bicycle. It was a purple ladies bike and it had a tiny seat on the back.She would ride down a road called Golgrove, that has the most amazing gardens. Most were rockeries with…
For many years now I have called on the help of Archangel Gabriel. Gabriel is the angel who helps with communication. Whenever I have had problems with getting hold of someone or trying to get someone to respond to me, I have asked this angel to help. I have always found that having a walk…
I love this little dog with all of my heart. She had been with the family as a pup when I was a baby. My brother Patrick had brought her home. He used to take her down the meadows to go rabbiting. When he got married and left home he left the dog with us…
In 1914 Kings Weston House became an auxiliary hospital for wounded soldiers in WW1. From 1914 to 1919 there were many nurses and workers who came here to help and support the injured. After doing some research, I have found the following nurses that worked at the house. There are 7 in total. Miss Hilda…
I have come to believe over the years that when we lose a loved one, they are still with us. They may not be in a physical body, but their soul and spirit is still alive. It has taken me many years to finally accept that I am being looked after, along with my daughter…
My dad John was born on September 21st, 1935 in Ballykeel, Kilkeel, Co Down, Northern Ireland. He had a big family. He had 5 brothers and 2 sisters. They are Paddy, Tommy, Oliver, Vera, Mary Bernadette, Brendan and Malachy. My dad was born after Tommy. My dad left home when he was 17 and went…
I knew that researching my granny wasn’t going to be easy, but it was something I wanted to do very much. I knew that she had lost both her mum and dad at a very early age and that details of her parents and relatives were not really known. So on and off for nearly…
My grandfather on my mothers side was called Alexander McCormick. I never met Alexander or his brothers and sisters. One day while I was on the ancestry site I came across a man called Jim Scott. Jim had information about the McCormick’s on his family tree. After discussing the family through messages it came to…