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| Author: | lizziearrnet [ Fri Nov 16, 2007 12:33 am ] |
| Post subject: | An individulal in the making |
June 14th 1963 ‘So what if I want to do something different from all the rest of the girls in the family, I didn’t have to follow in the footsteps of my older sisters. All high achievers and all of them have made something of themselves. The school just didn’t offer what I want, therefore, to get where I want to be I will just have to leave mother’s beloved school. I will not be the only girl to be the average housewife, like the boys wives, in fact I will most definitely make a name for myself.’ January 5th 1967 I suppose that determination came from not having any close siblings to my age, you know being a singleton in my family as a child was so boring and I was left alone so much by everyone, but at least I don’t have another sibling to live up to. It would have been so much worse to have to deal with the fact that one pr the other would have had to be better in the parent’s eyes. Although father always tries to be fair, it is natural to have your favorites. Reading that diary entry, made a few months after my 12th birthday and realizing that Mamma and Papa had all but forgotten about it until a few days before it. I think then I realized that to get any recognition I would either have to become a real individual or be like one of my older sisters, but that wouldn’t have been me. Instead I became who I am now and enjoyed my own subjects. I’m now 16, and I want to leave home, here on the Platz in Switzerland and go pursue my dream of being a chef. Although to hear Mamma’s comments you’d have thought I’d have told her that I wanted to go live in New Zealand or something, not go train in England, and then there is Papa who still sees me as a 5 year old child, and looks at me thinking 'You’ve grown a lot since I last saw you' (which back then was probably once a week). Do they forget that all the boys have been sent there, and they were meant to leave at the age of 7 or 8. Well apparently I’m not allowed that chance unless I prove myself to them. But just how can I do that? |
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| Author: | brie [ Fri Nov 16, 2007 12:59 am ] |
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This looks interesting. Is it Cecil? |
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| Author: | linda [ Fri Nov 16, 2007 1:05 am ] |
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Fascinating! It has to be Cecil, doesn't it? She's the only singleton girl. |
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| Author: | Fatima [ Fri Nov 16, 2007 4:08 am ] |
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And it's so difficult to think that your youngest ones have grown up, so I can understand Jack's thought of 'You've grown'! I hope she gets what she wants. |
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| Author: | Alison H [ Fri Nov 16, 2007 8:44 am ] |
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Also assuming it's Cecil - looking forward to seeing what happens. |
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| Author: | Jennie [ Fri Nov 16, 2007 9:40 am ] |
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A shocking reflection on Jack, seeing his child ónly once a week. |
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| Author: | Lesley [ Fri Nov 16, 2007 10:01 am ] |
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Good luck to her. Thanks lizzie. |
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| Author: | Mona [ Fri Nov 16, 2007 10:23 am ] |
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This looks interesting. Thanks lizzie! |
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| Author: | Carys [ Fri Nov 16, 2007 12:02 pm ] |
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Yay a Cecil drabble, I wish there were more about her! |
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| Author: | Elbee [ Fri Nov 16, 2007 6:08 pm ] |
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Looking forward to more of this. Thanks, Lizzie. |
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| Author: | aitchemelle [ Mon Nov 19, 2007 11:47 pm ] |
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Thank you Lizzie! Can't wait to read more! |
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