Story Archive
January 2008
Tuesday 01 January 2008
"As I was washing his hands I saw that he was crying. It was just the most extraordinary moment with a complete stranger."
Wednesday 02 January 2008
I could feel the tears stinging in my eyes, I came level with him, and I thought to myself 'I am not going to let him get away with that!'."
Thursday 03 January 2008
"We had already been prisoners of war for three years... we were down on food, even the Japanese were starving."
Friday 04 January 2008
"I am not usually afraid of flying, but I was afraid of this flight, because I knew what was going to happen at the other end."
Saturday 05 January 2008
"I think I know now what the angels in heaven will sound like. It was so sweet and so perfect"
Sunday 06 January 2008
"At that first moment, I really felt that this was someone who was going to be significant in our life..."
Monday 07 January 2008
"The car swept up around the driveway and glided to a halt鈥 could feel my excitement rise..."
Wednesday 09 January 2008
"I remember thinking 'this is not the job for a lightweight like me'"
Thursday 10 January 2008
"I could hardly speak to my Granny. I can still feel my tummy turning over"
Monday 14 January 2008
"鈥e has never been encouraged, he has never been brought to do something like this鈥"
Tuesday 15 January 2008
"I was going through personal trauma鈥ut there was a constant comforting factor at that point in my life鈥"
Wednesday 16 January 2008
"When you love someone so much鈥eing the big business man and wearing a suit means nothing鈥"
Friday 18 January 2008
鈥淭hat was the final blow...I just felt as if a life support had been turned off鈥︹
Monday 21 January 2008
"I wanted to say a lot. I felt a lot. But I felt incapable of expressing it because it was so big鈥"
Tuesday 22 January 2008
"鈥he afternoon was usually reserved time for something different鈥nd on this particular day she had a special surprise for us."
Wednesday 23 January 2008
"He came up to me and said, 'Paddy, get the hell out of here, there's going to be trouble鈥'"
Thursday 24 January 2008
"I think I began to get numb at that stage. I definitely showed no sign of upset. It was too big a shock鈥 was on automatic pilot鈥"
Friday 25 January 2008
"I had never experienced anything like it before. It never happened at home鈥"
Tuesday 29 January 2008
"I was in a bad way. We were very low and just couldn鈥檛 take it in鈥"
Wednesday 30 January 2008
"I felt really really scared鈥ou have this fear that maybe death is upon you and that you鈥檙e going to die鈥"
Thursday 31 January 2008
"We didn鈥檛 speak, we didn鈥檛 ask any questions鈥e were just in awe鈥"
