However, they have redeemed themselves somewhat by scheduling the start of a three part adaptation of Little Women on the same day. All this and storm Caroline to contend with. Happy days. I was told there was a world shortage of nuts! Growing up in a time of optimism and improving employment figures for most, the contrast of my early days of working in Ulster Television there was good news and bad but there was an atmosphere of hope for the future, the sun shone and the snow was crisp and even.
We were teenagers and Elvis ruled. Then The Troubles surfaced and the world changed for us all. Hope surfaced again a few years ago, companys from round the world began taking interest, Bill Clinton turned on the Christmas tree lights and people came from all arts and parts to the Christmas markets.
Having said all that it must be recognised that there are plenty of young people who are excited by life, who are prepared to seek out employment or set up their own workplaces proving the resilience of the people of Northern Ireland. They go to dances and they sing along in pubs and they are friends no matter the background of their traditions. We must build on that. And spare a thought for the little two year old boy jabbed by a syringe in Paris airport. His family here have to wait for a year before he gets the all clear from life threatening diseases.
What awful pressure. There are flower arrangements everywhere, the kitchen table is a riot of gold and silver for Christmas concoctions , works in progress. Sandra grew up Coleraine where she and her sister Pat helped her parents who grew their own fruit and vegetables so a natural interest was awakened. When the family came to live in Ballymena they had more ground, more garden and for the young Sandra a stretching of the imagination as she came to love nature.
She made arrangements in old casserole dish and placed them on the staff dining table and so impressed was the headmistress she allowed this gifted pupil into her private china cabinet for delicate containers. It is advisable to use levitra without prescription icks.
