Lord, please help me to change - Judith Couchman

JTHE GIR L YO UExploring childhood influences canhelp us understand our behaviors.n th e earl y 1900s , Bery l Markha m gre w up with th e son sof African warrior s an d tracke d gam e wit h th e bes t o fthem. A s a young girl , sh e ha d move d wit h he r parent s fro mGreat Britai n t o Eas t Africa, against her gentee l mother' s protes -tations.Africa suited Beryl . Sh e identifie d with it s wild and mysteri -ous ways .Her mother di d not .Clara misse d he r upper-clas s advantage s an d eventuall ysailed bac k t o England without her husband an d young daughter .It's speculated tha t Clar a expecte d t o return, s o she lef t Bery lbehind t o enjoy the jungle instea d o f uprooting he r onc e again .Whatever th e intent, Clar a late r divorce d he r husban d an d neve rreturned t o Njoro where he and Bery l lived .For this , Bery l never forgave her mother .Several years later, Beryl' s father retreated t o Peru, drive nto bankruptcy b y the far m he an d hi s daughter loved . Bery l ha dmarried no t lon g before , but a s a sixteen-year-old bride , sh e stil lwanted her father nearby and misse d hi m dearly .I/O