tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-762115079758642698.post1806096792003704756..comments2024-03-29T00:42:27.476+00:00Comments on And Then We All Had Tea: The Thursday meanderings of my mind . . . Marie Raynerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00407913432222377267noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-762115079758642698.post-77759713638665856262014-03-21T07:58:56.284+00:002014-03-21T07:58:56.284+00:00I think you and I have ha dmuch teh same upbringin...I think you and I have ha dmuch teh same upbringing Marie and so we share most of the folks who are/were our hero's...<br />Sorry that I didn;t pop in yesterday (Thurs.) was waiting for a new cooker to arrive...it did...now away this morning to try ot out making toast !! Lovely start to the day down here sun shinig blue sky but a bit chilly..xxxSybilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02516012178494813281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-762115079758642698.post-12513923843360567702014-03-20T13:57:07.396+00:002014-03-20T13:57:07.396+00:00Thanks Monique. I was always the smallest in my cl...Thanks Monique. I was always the smallest in my class for some reason! Also very timid, believe it or not!<br /><br />Mom's are great heroes I think. My mom is still my hero too. Marie Raynerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00407913432222377267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-762115079758642698.post-2456583140683635242014-03-20T13:06:44.199+00:002014-03-20T13:06:44.199+00:00I love that picture of you at school..
Your parent...I love that picture of you at school..<br />Your parents were wonderful carers:) look how cute you are..<br />I loved that at school at the awards,getting a new special book etc..<br />LOVED.<br /><br />I think I have more heroes now..<br /><br />Younger..I don't think I thought of heroes..<br />Loved my mom to bits..adore is more the word..<br />So only she.<br />She was my only hero.La Table De Nanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04358539954508050792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-762115079758642698.post-1570607695116335632014-03-20T10:10:04.550+00:002014-03-20T10:10:04.550+00:00Loved reading about your heroes and heroines too S...Loved reading about your heroes and heroines too Suzan! Your Uncle sounds amazing!Marie Raynerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00407913432222377267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-762115079758642698.post-69461143179849664992014-03-20T09:47:51.026+00:002014-03-20T09:47:51.026+00:00I had one teacher I absolutely adored and some who...I had one teacher I absolutely adored and some who were not so great. I still have the handkerchief Mrs Symons gave everyone at Christmas.<br /><br />My héroes were more every day too. For example, my godfather; he lost a kidney in a surfing accident. then shortly after his left leg to cancer. It was a very high amputation and this man went back to uni and worked for his degree. He was an electrician and I loved to watch him work. He climbed ladders and nothing stopped him until be became an engineer. Sadly my godmother, his wife, died young from breast cancer. He kept things going and remarried. His wife is no demented and the poor guy has had two more cancers. He just plods on and lives a good life. There are so many who inspire us by living brave lives in strange circumstances.<br /><br />Of course there are others as you have mentioned. Those with brilliant idea and persistence who have brought such radical change to our lives. Where wold we be without those who have improved us bit by bit?Suzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15283293507101152512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-762115079758642698.post-59173409606539934562014-03-20T08:59:06.972+00:002014-03-20T08:59:06.972+00:00How wonderful Marie! I loved reading about your h...How wonderful Marie! I loved reading about your heroes! Your Aunt sounds a treasure and whilst I know some people didn't have that many good experiences with nun's as teachers, I, too had a lovely English teacher in Grade 9 who was a nun, aptly named Sister Marie! lol<br /><br />I will have to look up the Aussie women you mentioned. Thanks for sharing their names with us! xxooMarie Raynerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00407913432222377267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-762115079758642698.post-45341793650259463002014-03-20T08:32:35.254+00:002014-03-20T08:32:35.254+00:00I was also fortunate to have strong female role mo...I was also fortunate to have strong female role models in my immediate family. I adored my maternal grandmother, who rose above anything life threw at her with a grace that remains amazing. She was my biggest hero growing up. As was my mother's youngest sister, who never married and worked all her life, in a time when that was not common. She rose to a high position and was at the same time warm and compassionate. I wanted to be like her!<br /><br />And at school, the nuns were terrific. I went to Loreto College in Adelaide and those women encouraged my love for learning and the belief that there was nothing that I couldn't do if I put my mind to it. Several of us who went through the school at those times made ground breaking forays into male-dominated professions, thanks to the example and encouragement from the Loreto nuns. I had n o hesitation sending my own daughter to the same school and watch her blossom under their care.<br /><br />I had several similar more famous heros as you did, as well as some that were more influenced by my upbringing - saints like St Teresa and strong Aussie women like Nancy Bird, Mary Lee, Masry MacKillop, Edith Cowan, Daisy Baters, Caroline Chisholm, Aeneas Gunn etc. Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04088355577823930786noreply@blogger.com