When I was a child growing up in war-torn Northern Ireland, my mother made the decision to create a calm amongst the storm. She decided to teach me herself rather than send me to a divided school. I look back on these early years with such fondness and appreciation for her very soul and self-sacrifice. Days were spent strictly adhering to all I would learn at school according to my grade, coupled with adventures at the Fairy Glen — a walk near my hometown where we entertained ourselves with leaf discovery days. Many of those leaves ended up coming home with me and then pressed between the pages of favourite books.
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