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28 Dec 2018, 4:10 pm

and now for something more cheerful


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28 Dec 2018, 4:12 pm



beware Chelsea Dagger :heart:


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28 Dec 2018, 4:20 pm



KISS...for candlelight.



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28 Dec 2018, 4:30 pm

That's so sad Isabella, things were harder in some ways back then, when people didn't know what Autism was and there was no help. It's a beautiful song too. :heart:



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28 Dec 2018, 4:37 pm

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That's so sad Isabella, things were harder in some ways back then, when people didn't know what Autism was and there was no help. It's a beautiful song too. :heart:


Thank you, fifasy! It was the early 1930s. She met grandfather, got pregnant, lost her family and money, got married, and had two children all within eighteen months. My mother hated her and she was never treated nicely, apart from the fact my grandfather left. What a woman.


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28 Dec 2018, 5:56 pm

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For my paternal grandmother, Kathleen, who gave me the gift of Simon and Garfunkel at the age of 4.

Grandmother Kay was incredible. Not only is she my genetic link to the Brontë family but she endured a life of loss and pain. She became pregnant on her first date with my grandfather and was disowned by her wealthy parents. She married my grandfather out of necessity, gave birth to my auntie and then within a year delivered my father without knowing she was pregnant. He was born at home extremely premature and she kept him alive in a roasting pan in the oven with oxygen from a welding torch, before going into shock. Grandma Kay taught my father to knit and paint and do macrame, all of which he taught me.

For most of my grandparents' marriage, my grandfather was struggling with extreme depression and social anxiety from undiagnosed autism. He spent entire weeks in bed refusing to speak. They were married 40 years and I was already a toddler when my grandfather deserted the family, vanished and became reclusive in another country to deal with his social phobia. Grandma Kay used this song to console her through the loss, and passed her album along to me. She died broken hearted before my grandfather returned eight years later, and he eventually committed suicide on my 16th birthday.

I love you Grandma, and you inspire me daily.
I'm still baking your cookies, knitting your patterns and singing your songs to this day.
Thank you also for the greatest gift of all, my father, who you raised to be a hero.

(Sorry for the ramble, folks, it's one of those days)


That is a tragic story, but a beautiful post, Isabella. Thank you for sharing something so personal.



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28 Dec 2018, 6:32 pm

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For my paternal grandmother, Kathleen, who gave me the gift of Simon and Garfunkel at the age of 4.

Grandmother Kay was incredible. Not only is she my genetic link to the Brontë family but she endured a life of loss and pain. She became pregnant on her first date with my grandfather and was disowned by her wealthy parents. She married my grandfather out of necessity, gave birth to my auntie and then within a year delivered my father without knowing she was pregnant. He was born at home extremely premature and she kept him alive in a roasting pan in the oven with oxygen from a welding torch, before going into shock. Grandma Kay taught my father to knit and paint and do macrame, all of which he taught me.

For most of my grandparents' marriage, my grandfather was struggling with extreme depression and social anxiety from undiagnosed autism. He spent entire weeks in bed refusing to speak. They were married 40 years and I was already a toddler when my grandfather deserted the family, vanished and became reclusive in another country to deal with his social phobia. Grandma Kay used this song to console her through the loss, and passed her album along to me. She died broken hearted before my grandfather returned eight years later, and he eventually committed suicide on my 16th birthday.

I love you Grandma, and you inspire me daily.
I'm still baking your cookies, knitting your patterns and singing your songs to this day.
Thank you also for the greatest gift of all, my father, who you raised to be a hero.

(Sorry for the ramble, folks, it's one of those days)


That is a tragic story, but a beautiful post, Isabella. Thank you for sharing something so personal.


Thanks for appreciating my story. I loved my grandmother's S&G album without knowing the full extent of its significance because I was so young. When my grandfather eventually returned, he bought me two horses. I named one of them Silvergirl after the lyric in this song, "sail on silver girl ... your time has come to shine" . Again, I didn't really understand the significance or irony of that choice for a horse my grandfather had purchased. He shot himself overlooking the paddock on my birthday. It's all very long ago but I'm going through a lot of photos lately, which brought it all back. I just realised another irony: Art Garfunkel is an autistic, reclusive personality just like my grandpa was. I bet Grandma Kay didn't make that connection, or have any idea.

Sail On, folks.


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29 Dec 2018, 12:16 am



I can't say I remember this song ^ :heart:



I almost forgot about this one ^ :heart: ((perfect))

I met you once before the first time,
Cinema 1 or 2, I noticed you
Standing in line, your eyes met mine
And I could not look away
There we were,
In a perfect moment
A perfect moment in time
For a moment you were mine
So later on I knew the first time
That it would be alright for us that night
Trust in our eyes,
We made a bridge of sighs
When we crossed over it was day
There we were,
In a perfect moment
A perfect moment in time
For a moment you were mine
I wasn't ready for the last time,
But wasn't I supposed to let you go?
Into the blue
But still I'm holding you
For your a million miles away
There we are,
In a perfect moment
A perfect moment in time
For a moment you were mine
In a perfect moment
A perfect moment in time
For a moment you were mine
For a moment you were mine
Just for a moment you were mine


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Anyone else remember saying this prayer?
Sometimes wishes do come true :heart: :heart: :heart:


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29 Dec 2018, 12:34 am




She's a real emotional girl
She wears her heart on her sleeve
Every little thing you tell her
She'll believe
She really will
She even cries in her sleep

I've heard her
Many times before
I never had a girl who loved me
Half as much as this girl loves me
She's real emotional

For eighteen years she lived at home
She was Daddy's little girl
And Daddy helped her move out on her own
She met a boy
He broke her heart
And now she lives alone
And she's very, very careful
Yes she is

She's a real emotional girl
Lives down deep inside herself
She turns on easy
It's like a hurricane
You would not believe it
You gotta hold on tight to her
She's a real emotional girl


Oh. My. God.


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