I remember this day as if it were yesterday. My poor sister Phyllis had just had her heart broken by that treacherous Mr. Darrell, and I was upstairs lying on my bed. I was engulfed in the letters that Frank had sent to me from Africa. That’s when I heard Gertrude abruptly make her way outside. I now too heard the sounds echoing from the street, “special edition”. I hastily made my way downstairs and when I made it to Gertrude she was in shock. When her eyes met mine I saw the fear in her eyes shift to her hands and they trembled. She tried to calm me but I...
Wow, would you look at that, a woman being a doctor. I must tell Gertrude, she will be ecstatic to hear of this accomplishment. She is always talking about women needing to push boundaries, but she does not realize the difficulty of such things. This Mary Scharlieb is quite the extraordinary woman, but she had to travel the world to have the succes she has. London itself is quite different. Here, they are hesitant to offer us practice in careers, but school requires this practice. I wish things were different but I will not waste a great deal of time trying to...
Oh, I love this page so much! It was passed down to me from my late mother, I loved her so dearly, she was gone too soon. This page gives me all the advice I could ever need on how to raise my two boys and how to treat my guest. Like I said before, I lost my mother at a very young age so I don’t have her to lean on now that I myself am a mother. I try my best but raising two boys can be quite difficult. My sister Gertrude tries to help as much as possible but she is not the best at handling kids, she is not the most affectionate person. Then there is Fanny,...