Strong Women....from years gone by to now!

Following on from my last blog - (gosh time has gone so quickly) - can't believe it is so long since I wrote it...

Anyway, over the past few weeks I have been thinking again at all the strong women in our family - oh yes there were some incredible men, but as mentioned before, so many generations of our family have had to "cope" (not the right word I know) with being the sole provider of our families or proving their strength in other ways.

From a relative who survived a shipwreck on her way to India (and who was rescued by a Russian ship) to another who had 8 children (one of the twins dying in the Persian Gulf and who she had to bury her in an orange box in the desert)! Emily Lang had an incredible story from being a governess in France and being sent home in disgrace as both father and son fell in love with her (apparently) to meeting her future husband and finding herself in the Persian Gulf and India and Pakistan. It must have been incredibly hard for her - especially as the twins were both about 9lbs each and she was only about 5 foot nothing! - Imagine being in those incredibly restricting clothes, pregnant with twins and in that searing heat - I know I certainly couldn't have coped with it!

Emily Lang (nee Bird) in either the Persian Gulf or India

Anyway, I am digressing as usual - this blog is also partly a way of showing my family tree and how these incredible women moulded how we turned out...more about this later on...My mother had to look after myself and my brother after my father died when we were young and though not coping well both physically or mentally, she still made sure that we went to good schools and had every chance in life.

My own daughter was a product of a single parent family (so much for certain Tory politicians thinking that they always turn out delinquent and a waste of space) - I will always be so proud of what she has made of her life but I also acknowledge that I must have had a small role in that too! And to the person who refused to acknowledge her existence, it is your loss - you have missed out on knowing a wonderful girl and now woman!

More to come in the next instalment and I promise to myself it won't be quite so long!

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