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Her Life

MY MEMORIES

April 11, 2013

HEATHER LYNN TANSLEY WAS BORN IN LONDON ONTARIO ON APRIL 7,1958 TO LOVING PARENTS CLIFFORD AND MARILYN. WHAT A DELIGHT SHE WAS FOR OLDER SISTERS ROSE AND MAUREEN. SHE WAS SUCH A GOOD LITTLE GIRL, NEVER GETTING INTO TROUBLE. SOON TO FOLLOW WAS A PRECIOUS BABY BOY, NAMED EARL.FINALLY A BROTHER!.THEN ALONG CAME ANOTHER SISTER, SWEET AS CAN BE AND HER NAME WAS COLLEEN. WHAT A HAPPY BEAUTIFUL FAMILY WE HAD. WE MOVED AROUND A BIT AND ENDED UP LIVING ON A FARM JUST OUTSIDE OF ST. MARYS. OH WHAT FUN, PLAYING WITH THE PIGS, RUNNING AROUND THE FARM AND EXPLORING THE WOODS.ONE OF MY MEMORIES OF THE FARM WAS DAD DOING SOME GARDENING, HEATHER FINDING A WORM, AND ME SCREAMING MY HEAD OFF WHILE SHE CHASED ME AROUND THE FARM. IT TOOK ME YEARS TO GET OVER THE TRAUMA.SOON AFTER LEAVING THE FARM AND MOVING INTO ST. MARYS WE HAD A NEW ADDITION TO THE FAMILY AGAIN... A BEAUTIFUL BABY GIRL NAMED CAROL. OH HOW WE LOVED HER, TINY AND PRECIOUS SHE WAS.THEN OUR WORLD WAS TURNED UPSIDE DOWN, NEVER TO BE THE SAME AGAIN .AS I RECALL HEATHER WAS IN GRADE 2, EARL WAS IN KINDERGARDEN, MAUREEN IN GRADE 3 AND ROSE IN GRADE 5. COLLEEN WAS AT HOME AND THE BABY WAS GONE. NOW IT WAS OUR TURN. TOLD TO BRING ALL OF OUR STUFF HOME FROM SCHOOL BY OUR TEACHERS, WE ARRIVED HOME TO FIND A STRANGE LADY PILING US IN HER CAR AND HEADING TO STRATFORD. TO OUR YOUNG AND INNOCENT MINDS, WE HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS HAPPENING AND THE WORDS "CHILDRENS AID SOCIETY" WAS TERRIFING. BUT OFF WE WENT ANY HOW. SO THAT WAS THE START OF OUR FAMILY BEING TORN APART IN THE EARLY 1960'S. SOME OF THE EXPERIENCES HAUNT US STILL TODAY AND HAVE LEFT SCARSĀ  SOME CAN'T LET GO OF. AS FOR MY PRECIOUS SISTER HEATHER, THE WEIGHT OF IT WAS TOO MUCH, AND SHE WENT TO A HAPPIER MORE PEACEFUL PLACE FREE OF ALL PAIN. REST IN PEACE, MY LOVE