Wednesday, October 14, 2015

Courage and Freemantle Convict Prison


Courage was required to step back in history

Courage was required ...
To grab life with both hands,
To yell ‘what the hell’,
To jump right in,
And just deal with potential consequences.

Courage was required ...
To travel, leaving my children behind
To step out of my comfort zone
And ... The days leading up to us going away ...
Courage was required simply just to get out of bed.


Courage was required ...
To admit my fears,
To address my failings,
To become comfortable with myself,
And let other people see who I really am.

Courage was and is required ...
To trust and believe

Courage was required ...
To dream this dream
To chase this dream,
To hang in there, when the going got tough,
And quite simply
Courage was and is required to just never give up!


Courage was required ...
To listen to how the convicts were treated 

Courage was required ...
To see how prisoners were treated in my life time

Haunting Enchanting Courage
I am the descendant of Irish and British convicts



PHOTOS: Freemantle AUSTRALIA taken on our childfree holiday last week

4 comments:

Jewel said...

thats awesome Cat, Next time your down my way you can do a tour of my prison not so scary I thought Id have issues being locked in but being the key holder has its advantages and talking to the girls/ladies inside they have the same fears as you and I when it comes to family children especially. Love your words keep being You ♥

Bron said...

Just catching up......looks like you had a wonderful relaxing and healing time here in our beautiful state......you were hanging so close to my patch of this world...I even wonder if your wedding friends are even closer to us.....
Love your words and know that child free days are always so refreshing. Xxxxx

Miriam said...

beautiful thoughts my courageous friend x

Leonie said...

Sounds like a very encouraging experience x