April Kelley
and I are starting something different, instead of blog swapping we will be
answering questions along with sharing bits of our research into 2nd
BonyDee Press challenge; click name for rules
Growing Up? Family?
I’m one of
those extremely lucky people who had a family that was … well, perfect is too
strong a word but I’ve known some dysfunctional families in my time as well as
see some really crappy ‘parents’, that if there was a “perfect” type of family
mine would have come pretty close.
I lived in
the same place until I had a family, and though depression as a teenager put me
in a position to make some to do things I probably shouldn’t have, but the
things in my friends did worse I just, well, stayed in the tent (I’m still not
sure what I would have done if they didn’t make it back). What I’m trying to
say is though I did some things my parents didn’t particularly like, I never
rebelled. I didn’t have to. My parents raised me in a way that allowed me to do
90% of what I wanted, all they wanted to know was where I was and how to reach
me.
So I grew up
with a mother and father, a younger brother and sister. We lived in a place
that was very sheltered, honestly we had one parents of a friend die when we
were really young and 1 divorce, which is pretty impressive considering that we
were a pretty decent size community.
My family
unit are pretty close, surprisingly I remember my niece mother said once. She was
talking to my brother and asked him what he’d do is something happened to one
of either me or my sister, or one of my kid and he simply said: I’d kill the
bastard. She was shocked at that. I wasn’t, I’d do the same thing, or go and
help him bury a body. I also know if I were to ring him for something he’d be
there as soon as he could. My sister and I are closer, we have dinner once a
week, and every so often have dates, these are mostly when there’s a movie either
of us want to see (aka Spy), or I just need out of the house. And when she has
her kids I will end up at her house or going out with her and her kids once a
week.
My parents
are still as sweetly in love as when they first hooked up which was when they
were 16 and with some story about a CB radio, my mum big breasted friend and my
dad’s shoe. They are one of those couples we all want to find, and growing up
you learn what can be. What’s out there?
I have a
larger family, aunties and uncles, less on my dad’s side as they only have 3
kids. My dad had 2 older sister, and the story is that the only reason dad was
born was because my Nan got drunk on night. They are very strongly opinionated
strong woman. On the other hand my mother came from Northern Ireland, they immigrated
over here when she was, I think, 8 (being in the younger group of siblings) and
they got another brother while over here. My dad’s from Yorkshire, his family immigrated
over to Australia when he was 13 or something.
I’ve been
lucky, it’s only been over the last 10 years that I ever went to a funeral for
a family member. I’ve lost 3 of my four grandparents and 1 aunty. And before
that I only went to 2, one for a friend, who was a part of a horrible accident,
and 1 more in moral support for a friend, I can’t remember her and I’m not sure
I did until the school week after the funeral.
So like I said,
nothing in my life was anything. It was sheltered, though we knew bad things
happened. It was nice and easy in a relative way and it makes it hard to bitch
about anything, especially when up again my brother’s new girlfriend who didn’t
have quite a nice life. She kinda had the opposite of what we had.
Anyway, hope
you’ve learnt something about me, and that you wanted to, because I talked a
lot more than I thought I would.
SHAMELESS PROMOTING
The
Way Life Turns by April Kelley & Bronwyn Heeley
(A
BonyDee Press Challenge)
Contemporary
Romance
What
happens when two men are in very different places in their relationship?
Almost
from the start of their relationship, Jonah was in love with Scott. Scott
doesn’t share that same sentiment. Jonah finds out exact how Scott feels about
him the hard way, when he sees Scott in a compromising position with someone
else. How they react becomes the challenge two authors have set out to solve.
Will there be forgiveness or misery as Jonah reacts to what Scott has done?
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