Fortiter, Feliciter, Fideliter

What a great linky idea from SaveEveryStep. The school song. My school song. I sing it at least once a week. The high school I attended in Durban, South Africa, was a family tradition. All the girls in the family went there. I couldn't wait for my turn. A shared experience; it bonded us together, mother and daughter, sister, aunty and cousins. 

The motto means 'Bravely Faithfully Happily' and I will never forget the gym mistress telling us that buying ice creams over the school gate was not acceptable behaviour for the mothers of tomorrow.

I know the words by heart, copied here from a Wikipedia entry. If there are any DGHS girls reading, do get in touch.

Sing on!

We've Joan of Arc in history and Coeur de Lion too And stout courageous Wellington, remember Waterloo Of Nelson and Napoleon full many a noble song That's sung to make out pulses throb out hearts beat loud and strong But who will make the history and weave the fabric fine Record thy fame in golden deeds Let honour bright be thine And who will cast away the self and strive continually To make me worthy oh my school of thy great destiny. Why we the school girls of today and those who follow on And those who've gone before us will forge the chain of song Of beauty honour, faith and hope Of joy and happiness That stands for all that's noble in out GRAND OLD GHS

A Life told in Hair! (and hats)

I'm linking up with SaveEveryStep. This is a nostalgia Linky of family stories. This week, the stories are all about our changing attitudes to (and experiments on) our hair. 

One of the first things Mom worried about after her cancer diagnosis, was her hair. We made an appointment with a hairdresser, who was in remission from breast cancer. She cut Mom's hair short and helped her choose a wig style. Then, when Mom's hair fell out from the chemotherapy, we already had a plan to deal with it. These photo's show Mom's changing hair over her life-time, the way we remember her. 

I have included photo's of Mom in hats, too, as she loved her hat collection, almost as much as her hair.