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Sands Though the Hourglass This book was written by members of the Lifescapes group, a memoir writing program sponsored by the Brantford Public Library.

Editor: Robin Harding Photo Editing: Robin Harding Cover design by Joan Faehrmann, adapted by Robin Harding

Copyright ?2015 by the Authors ISBN 978-0-9810538-7-5

Brantford Public Library Press 173 Colborne Street

Brantford, ON N3T 2G8 2

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Table of Contents

Introduction ............................................................................................................................................. 5

Around the World in 27 Days: Travelling Solo ...................................................................................... 7 Kay Boyd

Behind the Screen .................................................................................................................................. 16 Wayne King

A Close Encounter with God ................................................................................................................. 23 Roksi Mason

Early Memories And Other Stories ....................................................................................................... 27 Bertha M. Joseph

Heroes ..................................................................................................................................................... 35 Nancy Poole

It Is By Chance We Met And Other Stories ......................................................................................... 41 Gillian Holden

A Letter to My Daughter........................................................................................................................ 56 Carla Tuokko

The Life of Jane........................................................................................................................................ 66 Jane Williams and Karan Stemmler

My Beginning and My Move................................................................................................................. 70 Paul Benoit

My Dream Trip to Nova Scotia.............................................................................................................. 74 Vickie Iorio

A Shocking, Life-Changing Diagnosis................................................................................................... 78 Douglas K. Summerhayes

Things Aren't Always What They Seem............................................................................................... 93 Vicki Stam

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Introduction

Lifescapes is a writing program created to help people write their life stories, to provide support and guidance for beginner and experienced writers alike. This is our eighth year running the program at the Brantford Public Library and Like Sands Through the Hourglass is our eighth collection of stories to be published. A limited number of print copies are made available at the time of publishing. The library archives print copies for borrowing but also provides PDF versions that can be viewed online. Please see our website at . On behalf of the library and this year's participants, I would like to thank the guest instructors who so generously offered their inspiration and guidance. In order of appearance: Melissa Yuan-Innes, author and physician; Larry Brown, author and instructor; and Lorie Lee Steiner, author and magazine editor. We very much appreciate your willingness to share your time and your insights. What can I say about this year's participants? This was an amazing group to work with. Without exception, everyone who contributed to this anthology proved to be thoughtful, dedicated, and willing to invest their writing with personality and energy. These are stories about family and friends and community, about courage in the face of adversity, and about the hopes and dreams that shape and define us but never limit us. It is my genuine pleasure to introduce this year's Lifescapes anthology, Like Sands Through the Hourglass. May you enjoy reading it as much as we enjoyed making it happen.

Robin Harding Coordinator of Programs and Outreach (Adult and Senior) Brantford Public Library Brantford, Ontario

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Around the World in 27 Days: Travelling Solo

by Kay Boyd

"You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough." Mae West

Crawling out from under a rock to meet the world after a long darkness can be an enlightening experience. It takes a certain amount of courage. That's how it was for me when I was to fly all the way around the world all by myself!

Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. Landing at the Los Angeles, California International Airport is scary indeed. With two parallel runways, two large jet aircraft can land and take off simultaneously. Looking out over the wing, watching a huge jet come so close to the one you're in, just about takes your breath away. The air traffic controllers must have nerves of steel to direct all that traffic in an out of such a busy airport. Although I had flown often, this was my first trip outside North America. I was going to circumvent the world, and all by myself! First stop was in L.A. to change planes for the flight to Tahiti.

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