Memories & Reflections
Authors: Adult groups in Dublin and Galway Publication Date: September 2022 Description: A collection of stories, poems and memoir by adult groups including the Irish Deaf Society, Lourdes Youth and Community Services, Sophia Housing and writing groups in libraries in Walkinstown, Dublin and Ballybane, Galway. Story Seeds: Memories & Reflections is a joint project of Fighting Words and An Garda Síochána Community Policing, supported by the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Creative Ireland and the Irish Youth Foundation
Authors: Adult groups in Dublin and Galway
Publication Date: September 2022
Description: A collection of stories, poems and memoir by adult groups including the Irish Deaf Society, Lourdes Youth and Community Services, Sophia Housing and writing groups in libraries in Walkinstown, Dublin and Ballybane, Galway.
Story Seeds: Memories & Reflections is a joint project of Fighting Words and An Garda Síochána Community Policing, supported by the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Creative Ireland and the Irish Youth Foundation
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I hated her then. But she was right. I bet you lot listening<br />
have loads of sympathy for me ma and Dannika. She<br />
talked a lot about how she felt and how she wished I<br />
would listen to sense. I listened.<br />
Dannika went to Cork and we became adult friends<br />
because I started to grow up. I spoke to me ma and it was<br />
easy. We came up with a plan of action – together. No<br />
more animosity, wow, yet another great word. She would<br />
take on extra shifts and I would get a job in Aldi as well as<br />
the Bingo. We both saved and within three months I had<br />
the registration fee for “Yvette’s Make Up Academy,”<br />
in Blackrock. It was difficult to find because it was on a<br />
really narrow main street. I enrolled and love it!<br />
The first two months were bliss (you guessed, I like that<br />
word). I left Aldi because I started to get nixers from<br />
family, friends and neighbours. Me ma gave up the extra<br />
shifts and I am slowly paying her back. Do not tell anyone<br />
I am this nice. Street cred is important.<br />
The artistic sessions got harder but I didn’t mind. I<br />
made two friends on the course, Zak and Taylor. They’re<br />
smokers, but I don’t mind tagging along when they want<br />
a fag break. Do not like the word ‘fag.’ Yesterday our task<br />
was to make each other up theatrically. The theme was<br />
horror. We had great craic with the make-up.<br />
Liz, our tutor, had told us to wear black t-shirts and jeans.<br />
It would be more effective. It was – we looked wickedly<br />
scary. Most of us were various versions of skeletons.<br />
“OK, OK. Well done guys, take a twenty minute break.”<br />
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