Many thanks Annette ,they took my breath away!
Nothing short of a miracle .
The first photograph and
I thought that little miracle has been here before!
Funny isn’t it ,I always feel I had a happy childhood yet it must have been traumatic to be taken to complete strangers at three and a half and just left.
That after an intense bombing raid ,just behind us the next row of houses flattened.
I was with good kind people but have no memories of say a goodnight kiss or a cuddle ,but I can look back with gratitude ,it was up to me .
So much so that when I was back in Manchester aged eight I took myself back to Shropshire to stay with those people!
Resilience is built from such experiences.
Perhaps it was a bit of the “ Healthy neglect “ we were taught about
at college ,the sort that is character building as opposed to the “smothering
mothering “ that can breed wimps.
Whatever we are all here coping and doing marvellously in many cases.
I phoned the family ,well the daughter now93 a little while ago ,she is bedridden now, no answer so perhaps carers there or she is ill again so I will ring again soon.
Keep on carrying on and I don’t mean THAT sort of carrying on!
Viktoria.
