Folded Napkin 
As she moved around the table
Her hands did all the walking
Grabbing at food to fill her mouth
While other mouths did all the talking 
A silent observer sat and watched
Appalled by the shroud of ignorance
She did not bother to follow their rules
For her heart saw and shouted deliverance! 
An Irish temper that still had strength
No pity […]

A Young Elizabeth Kenny`
 As a child, I was blessed to have had the BEST school teacher any child could hope for-My mother.
What school skipped over, mum filled in, and the following article about the incredible woman, Sister Kenny, was just one of many lessons taught. Whenever i hear the word ‘polio’, I immediately associate it […]

Born Janet Frame[but quickly became known as ‘Jean’ to her family, and ‘topsy’, an affectionate nickname for her head of curly red-hair] in 1924, somewhere in the south of New Zealand. Described [by writer/autor, Michael King] as most celebrated, but least public author. Janet seemed most content alone, within the comfort and peace of her […]

 
PART ONE 
 Photo courtesy: American Foundation for the blind
Courtesy http://www.rnib.org.uk/xpedio/groups/public/documents/publicwebsite/public_keller.hcsp
Helen Adams Keller was born on 27 June 1880 in Tuscumbia, a small rural town in Northwest Alabama, USA. The daughter of Captain Arthur Henley Keller and Kate Adams Keller she was born with full sight and hearing.
Kate Keller was a tall, statuesque blond with blue eyes. […]