My Wonderful Wobbly Life
by Charles
Irwin
GENRE: Memoir
(Autobiography)
BLURB:
Having
survived quite a few birthdays and had some interesting experiences, I wrote
them down. That's how "My Wonderful Wobbly Life" was conceived. It
was nearly born in 2004, but decided to hang on until 2018 to become 'Born
again' Alleluia!!!!
Excerpt:
“When they told my mother her little
Bobby had brain damage and was a cripple, can you imagine how she felt?
According to her, devastated!
The way home from the hospital led to
one of London’s bridges across the River Thames. She stopped halfway across with the intention
of SPLASH!!! End of story for both of us. She hesitated. The thought of a man
crippled by polio, who had succeeded despite his disability and become
President of America, came into her mind. She walked on thinking, if F.D.
Roosevelt can succeed, so can my Bobby!
When my father arrived home that
afternoon my mother was on her hands and knees scrubbing the kitchen floor,
filling the bucket with her tears.
“What’s the matter Peg?”
“Oh Bert! our little Bobby’s a
CRIPPLE!”
“Well Peg, even if he is, there is
one thing we are not going to do. We are not going to be ashamed and hide him
away. He will come everywhere with us.”
He was as good as his word. I went
everywhere with them when I was young and have fantastic memories of fun times.
One of my favourites was being at a dance hall, possibly the Wimbledon Palais
de Dance. I could not have been older than three or four, but I distinctly
remember my father dancing around the dance-floor with me standing on his feet.
It made me feel so proud and grown-up and I was then content to sit and watch
for the rest of the evening. He was a
real Yorkshireman, proud of me, his son. “
AUTHOR Bio
and Links:
Charles was born in London U.K. in 1932.
During his birth the forceps slipped, resulting in brain damage to the motor
control nerves of his right side and causing total body spasticity. However,
his intellect was not damaged. Throughout his life the two adversaries,
controllable brain and semi-controllable body, always needed to be balanced.
After several years of work and study he became a Chartered Production
Engineer. In 1971 he emigrated to Australia and became a senior examiner in the
Australian Patent office. This autobiography illustrates the rhyme: “He started
to sing as he tackled the thing, That couldn’t be done - but he DID IT!”
Charles chronicles his journey from useless to useful, with humour and joie de
vie. He pays tribute to friends who only gave him help when it was asked for.
At a young age he recognized his psychic abilities and, by using lessons at the
end of each chapter, shares some insights with readers
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4 comments:
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