Good Shepherd Convent Dunboyne

queeniee33 · 25-07-2011 4:49pm

helen k wrote: »

hi i was in dunboyne from september 1988 and left in march 1989 .i remember sister anne and the husky dog was anybody there at tht time tht remembers helen k. i just found this site tonight and am shocked and intrigued by it all its 21 yrs since i was there and had a happy out come

Hi Helen.

I was ther myself from October 88 to December 88

sheba99 · 08-08-2011 5:20am

Hi everyone

I was in Dunboyne from January '74 until April '74. I came across your posts on a google search. I reconnected with my daughter when she was 28. I had blanked a lot of the Nun's names out of my head until I read this thread.

Cathy69 · 23-08-2011 2:36am

Hi to all of you who have previously posted. I happened to come across this thread when I went on the 'net to show my daughter the hotel that now replaces the convent.

I was in the Convent from May to Sept 1985. I only have a few memories of my time there. I remember the day I arrived. I was so afraid. My mother and father brought me there and I had secretly devised a code word with my mother so that if I was treated bad in any way I could mentioned the code on the phone. I never needed to use it though !
I was only 16 at the time and went on to keep my son, who will be 26 next week.

I do remember spending a lot of time knitting, and that the weather was gorgeous that summer. I remember there was a smoking and non-smoking sitting room and that I used to make "eggy bread" for a bunch of us in the evening when we got hungry !

I never felt that my experience there was bad in any way and have often wondered therefore why I dont remember very much about those few months.

I could never remember the name of the nuns - thanks for jogging the memory.

If anyone does organise a reunion, I would love to go !

orange girl · 19-10-2011 11:51pm

Hi Alish i remember u, u were leaving the week after i arrived, good to hear u and ur son are doing well

orange girl · 19-10-2011 11:59pm

Hi tjere penny
re yur uncle gerry , i have vivid memories of being in the height of labour and he was driving me in and was so careful not to make my pain worse watching evry bump, and telling me its ok, i had no family and so he stayed with me right up to my admission to the labour room, so sad such a kind man had a difficult end, he showed kindness when i felt very alone and only 16 then x x x to his family

Lookingwithin · 26-10-2011 12:26am

Hello All,

I stumbled across this thread as I was browsing for any updated news on Ard Mhuire, Dunboyne.

I have spent the past hour or two with my mum reading out the different threads, some stories of happiness, hope and sadness too. My mum was sent to Dunboyne home for unmarried mothers in January of 1975 and I was born in June 1975, I cannot help feeling privileged to read your many stories. The reason Im humbled at aged 36, is that my mother and in turn my grandparents and greater family network helped my mum. My mother had come to the decision to not place for adoption to 2 school teachers in Galway, grateful that I have been over the decades for this decision. It never felt so profound than tonight when reading the many stories you have all shared on here. My mother has said in time that she will too reply to the thread but in her own time, which I respect.

I will however install that the power of the young women who were placed there for many different reasons, should not go unnoticed. Many of these women have still to comprehend what they experienced in Dunboyne Castle, it almost irks me to call it by that name as it gives it status, a castle has connotations of a protectorate, haven, almost fairytale like of which I dont feel it was for my mother and I speak only on the basis of my mothers experience. The great strength that these women had, to go through their daily chores of cleaning, prayers, ceilis and the sort whilst having life inside them is too much for a man like me to speak of.

Similar to other stories on this thread, my mother did marry my father and soon separated. She single handedly faced off societies unjust judgements through my childhood with great self worth and strength. Dublin inner city in 1975 as an unmarried mother was no mean feat, this she did with grace and poise not with arrogance but with the love of her parents and sister and brothers. Please do not misinterpret me writing this, I feel, as I said privileged and if i can assist anyone in anyway in helping them move forward i would gladly try. My childhood was not idyllic but it was happy, my mother went through the recession of the 80's on 3 day weeks and cleaned toilets at her workplace to make a better life for us both.

I will close this now as I have a tendency to go off on tangents, and dont wish to bore the reader. Thank you for all your posts that i was able to read, and when I sleep tonight and think of all the courageous mothers out there that had to make a decision to keep there babies or to not. Well i will never know that feeling, as I am not a woman foremost, but more importantly daily fears I question like if a bus is late, skinny late or double mocha, will i go out for dinner or just get takeaway. How could I comprehend the decision my mother and others like her had to take when they were so young, vulnerable, isolated from their lives at home and have a life in their little tummies. I salute them ....... R

Moonbeam · 28-10-2011 9:47pm

Thank you for sharing yours and your mothers story with us.
It sounds like you have an amazing extended family and a very strong and proud mammy.

I recently stayed in Dunboyne castle and could not help thinking how different things must have been for my birth mother and other girls in the 70s/80s. The were ostracised and sent away and I am also an unmarried mother but we all live together as a happy family.

marmer · 26-02-2012 11:34pm

Hi All,
Just came across thsi thread. Reading all your post brought so many memories back. My son is 33 now, I was in Dunboyne July/August/Sept 1978. I can't look at bread & butter pudding since! I wonder if anyone reading this was there the same time as me? My name there was Katie. There were connections between there and the baby home in Stamullen. I know this because I was meant to train as a nursery nurse in Stamullen when I becaem pregnant. The nuns there would not allow me to begin training but suggested (if I didn't watn to tell my family) that I go to Dunboyne, gave me contact details, and forwarded all my post while I was there. It;s so weird writing this down all those years later.

minnie10 · 27-02-2012 12:54am

Hi Odette75,
Thanks for sharing your story. I was delighted to read that you weren't adopted, you were one of the lucky ones. Although I say that and really I was lucky too becauseI have such wonderful supportive adopted parents. |
Could you tell me if your mother could tell me anything as she was in at the same time as my mother. Would she even know what the number on the application for staullum would have been. Would it have been my mothers age, or just a bed number?? Anything you could tell me would be great.

minnie10 · 27-02-2012 1:01am

Hello lookingwithin,

Your story is another happy one, although your mother faced tough times while bringing you up. Could you ask your mother if she the women spoke to one another about their babies when they gave birth, maybe if they described them, although this might have been too upsetting. Its just that there woudl have been so many girls in duboyne at any one time, but as your mother was in at the same time as my mother, she might remember a girl descibing her baby girl have odd shaped ears, my ears didn't form correctly. Any thing your mother could tell me would be great.

minnin10

Laura Young · 06-04-2012 12:24am

Hi guys
I only googled Good shepard Dunboyne now and saw all your comments about the Good Shepards. I'm like, wow. I spent a brief encounter there in early 1983 (anyone out there from that time?? would have been Jan / Feb). My daugher is now 28 and it did seem surreal and how times have change so much, for the better I may add. I often think about the girls that I met and shared a room with during my time there and what happend to both them and their babies. I was known as 'Carol Ann' because we obviously weren't allowed to use our real names. I was one of the lucky ones because i was 'allowed' to go back home and keep my baby after 'running' away to the Good Shepards. I do remember meeting up with one of the other girls when I gave birth in Holles Street (where we 'unmarried mothers' were all kept in a large ward together) 'Assumpta' and I think she'd had a baby boy. I don't remember a mother and baby unit or room when I was there, albeit briefly.
Good luck to any 'babies' that are now seeking their birth mothers and it would be good to hear back from anyone that may have shared the same time as me there.
Laura aka 'Carol Ann'

Laura Young · 06-04-2012 12:55am

hi Flipmeister
I was at Dunboyne in Jan / Feb of 1983 and you would have been there at the time - I do remember the girls telling me that sometimes the babies were brought back to the convent. It was all very surreal and reading all the threads on this has brought back so many memories, i'm reading them all with tears in my eyes. It was a traumatic time in all our lives and some like yourself were lucky to have a happy ending.

Cloiserful · 15-06-2012 5:40pm

Hi everyone,
My husband Michael was adopted from Good Shep Dunboyne in early 1979. He was born on Feb 1st and his adoptive parents 'got him' when he was 3 weeks old. We recently became parents ourselves and now my husband is keen to start the search for his bm. He's asked me to help with the initial search as it's a VERY emotional subject for him.
I was wondering if anyone could give me any info on what would have happened to him in his first 3 weeks? Do you think he might have been with his bm for that whole time?
I'm getting the contact form through the adoption authority filled out this week to start the process with him. If anyone has any advice or info that they think we'd benefit from, I'd really appreciate it.

Thanks
Claire

Enda63 · 15-06-2012 10:15pm

Hi Claire,

your hubby was more than likely in foster care for his first few weeks. If either of you are on facebook there are two adoption group on there. Adoption Support Network of Ireland is one and Adoption Rights Alliance is the other. You both can get support and advice there.

Enda

Nellan · 04-07-2012 10:19pm

I was there Sept 1980 to Jan 1981, can't remember the name I was given or many of other girls names. I think Sr. Claire was the nun we went to re any medical problems and Sr Regina was in charge. Don't remember any other nuns. My son was born in Holles Street, I hated that place and the person who delivered my baby was a bitch, don't think anyone ever once spoke to me to explain what was happening or offer any kind words. Holles Street in 1981 was not a nice place for unwed mothers!! I could not face letting them take my baby from me at the hospital so I went back to Dunboyne after the hospital for a few days. I was more or less left to my own devices in a small attic room seperate from everyone else with my baby. A very lonely scary time in the days before I had to give my son away. Girls didn't often bring their babies back then. Babies were usually taken away in the hospital but I just couldn't face that. Dunboyne was not a bad place. We were treated ok and it was a place to hide for alot of us girls who had shamed their families & needed a safe place to go. If anyone else was there the same time as me I would love to hear from you.

DanielleMurray · 21-09-2012 10:08am

Hi, I am wondering if anyone could help me... I am looking for my uncle. My grandmother gave him up for adoption in 1971. His name then was Gerard Weldon. His date of birth is the 13th of January 1971. My grandmothers name is Annette Weldon now Hoey. Gerard was born in Hollis St. My grandmother does not know who adopted him, she thinks he might be in America or somewhere down the country. He would be 40 years old now and we have tried looking for him but cannot find him. If anyone thinks they know anything please message me. Thank you xx

shassa · 21-09-2012 1:58pm

Hi Nellan My name is Sharon i was in Dunboyne in November 1985 until march 1986 i had a baby girl of which i was made give up for adoption i had a similar experience in Holles street you were made feel so little and insignificant it is very difficult to do a search i have been trying to find my daughter with no success as yet try the general registers office in dublin look up the adoption register of all children in ireland you mind get some light through t

Zosk · 15-11-2012 4:31pm

Hi I have just come accross this while googling the good shepherd convent dunboyne because I was there in 1987 my son is 25 and still a big part of my life thank God.

junemay · 28-01-2013 10:52pm

I was in Dunboyne late 1976 to Spring 1977. Sr. Regina was in charge at the time, Sr. Clare looked after medical problems. Anyone else who was there at that time?

bogthick · 04-02-2013 2:00am

flipmeister wrote: »

Hi everyone,

I recently found out that my mam was in the convent when expecting me. I was born January 1983, although I was not adopted. My mother was their because my parents were not married at the time and was sent there in secret by my grandmother, I have been told that was not unheard of! Crazy how things have changed. After I was born I remained in the convent up until my parents marraige in March 1983, where I was then taken home with them. During my several weeks there my parents used to visit every sunday up until they could get married and I suppose break the news to their families and take me home.

I actually remember as a toddler visiting the convent the odd sunday for a long time. Where we visited a 'Sister Cait' and unbelieveably reading through all the previous posts the husky dog flashed in to my mind. I can actually remember playing with a husky dog in the garden there. Obviously I had no idea the situation regards why we vistited, I was always told that Sister Cait was a friend of my parents. Every visit she had a present for me and we always received a card from her at xmas.

As I have just been told all the truth and events of all this I am quiet taken aback as its unbelieveable that this was only a relatively short time ago. If anyone would have any additional info regards what it may have been like there for my mam and also what it would have been like for me there on my own as a baby I would appreciate it. Also if anyone knows of Sister Cait!

Our daughter was also born in Jan 1983. Fortunately we are all still together to this day. Regarding your enquiry about Sister Cait. She has been a part of our lives since mid 1982 and has become a very good family friend. She is still working and I can tell you that she has devoted her life to helping those in need.

junemay · 04-02-2013 9:31pm

I was there for 5/ 6 months 1976-77. Don't remember a Sr. Cait. In that time there was only one baby at the home. The day I arrived, after my mother left, I was taken to the church to say a prayer, then upstairs to the nursery. I spent a few hours with a mother and her new baby of a few days old. She desperately wanted to keep him but had nowhere to go. She and her baby were gone two days later, I don't know if she kept him. Other than her, most of the mothers left their babies in Holles Street once they were discharged, from where they went to a foster home and quickly adopted. There was really no encouragement or support for any of us who wanted to keep our babies.

teddybug · 04-02-2013 9:35pm

hi i too was in de home in dunboyne 29 yr ago ,i had a daughter adopted and still havent met her , we have been in contact by writing some letters but she says she is not ready 2 meet yet and i respeoct her decision . But i have lovely photos of her as she is now ..BuT i made a scrapbook out of everything i had relating to her birth and any letters from social workers tellin me how she was growing for the first few yrs of her life .an yway i often think of all de girls who were there with me ?? i would love to hear from any girls who were there in 1983 from april to august please

teddybug · 04-02-2013 10:11pm

dogs name was jacko

survived · 06-02-2013 11:15am

Hi ive just come across this site while googeling dunboyne i was there from sept 1980 to jan 1981 if anyone was there at that time id love to hear from you things get confused in my head . I have gone back there 2 yrs ago final step in my councelling and a lot of ghosts came rushing back. anyone remember putting greetin cards into wrappers or cellophane ?

survived · 06-02-2013 12:09pm

cant rem the dog at all

Nellan · 06-02-2013 4:35pm

Hi just saw this post. I was there Sept 1980 to Jan 1981. Used to be in touch with one girl for years but with alot of moving around over the years after lost her contact details. Patsy was her 'Dunboyne' name & she was a lovely person. Can't remember the name I was given!!!!! I met alot of nice girls during my time there and remember going for long walks in the afternoons around the area with a bunch. It was a very sad situation for alot of us but I was really glad of somewhere to hide away from all the hassle with families etc etc

Roland9 · 06-02-2013 5:26pm

Hi,
It's strange how the mind works. I am in work and suddenly I'm on this site and on this thread. My mother was pregnant with me in Dunboyne for several months until April 1976. She was unmarried and sent there by her parents because of the shame (hard to imagine now). My birth father found a sudden desire to visit England and not come back. My mother gave birth to me in Holles Street. I was due to be given up for adoption but something happened, I was kept. My mother doesn't talk about that time, some things she has mentioned have been echoed by other comments from posters. She is not doing so well now, she has trouble dealing (or not dealing) with her emotions. Her family were not particularly caring to her, though her parents were good to me. She won't go to counselling. I would like to hear other accounts of peoples time there. It might help me get through to her. I don't think that everything that happened in Dunboyne was just circumstance.

survived · 06-02-2013 5:28pm

I also was friendly with patsy my name was patricia we also must have known each other i will pm you if i can get the hang of this

Nellan · 06-02-2013 6:13pm

Not sure if any of my messages are going, this is not as straightforward to use as I hoped!! Did you stay in touch with Patsy after you left Dunboyne?? I was gutted to lose contact with her when I did.

survived · 06-02-2013 7:16pm

hi nellen I met her many years later the whole experience unfortunately still scarred her very badly ...long story we sadly have not been in touch for many years

survived · 06-02-2013 7:26pm

hi roland9 so sorry to hear about your mam unfortunately places like dunboyne leave lasting scars im sure each of us have different memories and different scars, some things which we could not talk openely to anyone about. Stripping us of our real names , being brainwashed not to get close or share information with the others girls and most importantly being reminded constantly why you were there and the pain you were causing your family and how unworthy u are leaves an everlasting effect on the way you think throughout life . I spent many years in councelling but there are some things you just never work through . Its like your conditioned for life.Have you ever suggested going to dunboyne casle for coffee or a walk maybe that might help but be careful it could also stir up a lot of memories she may not be able to deal with.

07-02-2013 12:23pm

I was born in December 1971 and given up for adoption six weeks later from the Good Shepard, Dunboyne. I had great adoptive parents but sadly they are both deceased many years now. I never looked for my birth mother because I felt if she wanted to find me that she would be looking for me. Reading these posts has made me realise that maybe things aren't as simple as that.

Nellan · 07-02-2013 3:16pm

I am very sorry to hear she was not so good when last you saw her. She was a lovely person & a great support to me while I was in Dunboyne, especially the night I went into labour.

Jackeen68 · 07-02-2013 9:43pm

Zosk wrote: »

Hi I have just come accross this while googling the good shepherd convent dunboyne because I was there in 1987 my son is 25 and still a big part of my life thank God.

Hi Zosk! I just came across this thread and it has tears streaming down my face. I was at Ard Mhuire from 1986 until March 1987. Were you there then? I slept in the "Blue" room. I can't remember the name they gave me but my real name is Sandra. Would love to connect with others who were there at same time.

Jackeen68 · 07-02-2013 9:47pm

survived wrote: »

Hi ive just come across this site while googeling dunboyne i was there from sept 1980 to jan 1981 if anyone was there at that time id love to hear from you things get confused in my head . I have gone back there 2 yrs ago final step in my councelling and a lot of ghosts came rushing back. anyone remember putting greetin cards into wrappers or cellophane ?

I remember stuffing envelopes!!! Also remember working in kitchen. I was there 86/87. Kudos to going back 2 yrs ago. I didn't know it was converted into a hotel and i burst into tears when i saw a picture of the front of the building. 5* hotel! I wonder if they know the sorrow in the walls?

Jackeen68 · 07-02-2013 9:48pm

Does anyone remember Fr. George Aggar who would come once a month to say Mass and hear confessions? He was so sweet and kind. I kept in touch with him for a few years after but then he left for a mission in Africa and we lost touch.

seantaximan · 07-02-2013 10:48pm

hi everyone my girlfriend went in to dunboyne nov 83 out in mar 84 her family put her in there told everyone she went to boarding school .i always felt i let her down but not a thing i could do . used to travel up every 2 wks just watching adoption story's and wondering ware do i start looking he (my son) born on the 1 of march 1984. its time to open the pandora's box. john

teddybug · 08-02-2013 1:08am

survived wrote: »

Hi ive just come across this site while googeling dunboyne i was there from sept 1980 to jan 1981 if anyone was there at that time id love to hear from you things get confused in my head . I have gone back there 2 yrs ago final step in my councelling and a lot of ghosts came rushing back. anyone remember putting greetin cards into wrappers or cellophane ?

lucky you gettin councelling , i was not offered any , i was there in 1983 . gave my baby up , still havent met her . i had 3 other children , but never could hold down a relationship . I think i could benifit from councelling and i am planning 2 go bak 2 dunboyne soon . i never knew it was a hotel .. anyway i wish you well 4 de future

junemay · 08-02-2013 6:23am

Hi Survived, I was there a few years before you, don't remember stuffing envelopes. I was still at school and teachers came in an hour a week for each subject. It passed the time a bit. We were also supposed to knit baby clothes, hated knitting, never finished one thing. Did you find it helpful to return to dunboyne? In 36 years I have never spoken to anyone about my time there. Now in middle age it's more on my mind for some reason,but still can't open up about it.

junemay · 08-02-2013 7:43am

as a first step look at www.adoptionrightalliance.com and click on search and reunion. good luck

junemay · 08-02-2013 7:45am

sorry, that should be www.adoptionrightsalliance.com

junemay · 08-02-2013 8:04am

Roland9 wrote: »

Hi,
It's strange how the mind works. I am in work and suddenly I'm on this site and on this thread. My mother was pregnant with me in Dunboyne for several months until April 1976. She was unmarried and sent there by her parents because of the shame (hard to imagine now). My birth father found a sudden desire to visit England and not come back. My mother gave birth to me in Holles Street. I was due to be given up for adoption but something happened, I was kept. My mother doesn't talk about that time, some things she has mentioned have been echoed by other comments from posters. She is not doing so well now, she has trouble dealing (or not dealing) with her emotions. Her family were not particularly caring to her, though her parents were good to me. She won't go to counselling. I would like to hear other accounts of peoples time there. It might help me get through to her. I don't think that everything that happened in Dunboyne was just circumstance.

Hi Roland9
I was in Dunboyne within a few months of your mother leaving. Like her, I don't talk about it. We were not abused or badly treated but the overriding feeling was one of shame, guilt and fear. Fear of being 'found out' and the terrible consequences of that. The attitude from the nuns was you have a done a shameful thing in getting pregnant, the only good thing is to give your baby up for adoption, return to your life and never talk about it again. My parents brought up my son and the nuns said they were ruining his life and mine by not having him adopted. Added to that was the sadness for many of us that the man they thought loved them had left them to cope alone. I felt guilty for causing stress to my family and worthless as a person. My son is wonderful and has been a joy to me as have my other children, but the feelings of shame have never really left.

vinosol · 08-02-2013 4:22pm

Hi , i remember the work down at the back of the convent putting cards into cellophane..also the kindness of the taxi driver Ger Kelly, his was the only name i can remember and Sr. Ambrose...she too was kind.

survived · 08-02-2013 8:44pm

hi junemay .
I found my trip to dunboyne castle very overwhelming i had a lot of flashbacks it was all surreal things and memories you have in your head get shifted around. we walked around the hotel. and there were a lot of doors that said strictly private no entry but without thinking we opened the doors and they brought us to parts of the home( not the posh part where the visitors seen ) the stairs at the back seemed so narrow it was all very weird . what was more weird was the fact that no security gaurd came after us and there were cameras everywhere !!! Since being there last year ive found im a little bit more at peace. Unfortunately adoption stories on telly and the madelene laundry report is stirring up a lot for me as im sure it is for everyone. Unlike you i always felt we were very badly treated and the scars stayed with me for life even after many years of councelling.

survived · 08-02-2013 8:46pm

vinosol wrote: »

Hi , i remember the work down at the back of the convent putting cards into cellophane..also the kindness of the taxi driver Ger Kelly, his was the only name i can remember and Sr. Ambrose...she too was kind.

I cannot remember the taxi driver or maybe i didnt have the same 1 and i get all the nuns mixed up

Enda63 · 09-02-2013 1:27am

I've been back to Dunboyne a few times, once before it became a hotel and since it changed. I still HATE the place!! I remember packing the cards, we were packing "to the happy parents on the birth of your child" when I was there. I spent my nights in the smoking room, didn't really bother with the tv room. the nuns were mostly ok, liked Ambrose, hated Clare. was there twice, as a baby I was there for 9 months, and returned in 1981 (oct to dec). would LOVE to know what happened the rest of the gang I was there with, still in touch with one. if anyone here is on Facebook, adoption rights alliance have a page there and it's great for support and keeping in touch about stuff that's going on.

teddybug · 10-02-2013 7:47pm

rem packin cards but dont rem wat was on em ,, rem goin 2 de limetree pub 4 1 or 2 glasses beer .. i didnt mind it there cause i was brought up in good shepherd convent childrens home waterford so was used 2 these type of places .. i never got councellin wen i left ..i wish i had though ...

junemay · 13-02-2013 9:42am

survived wrote: »

hi junemay .
I found my trip to dunboyne castle very overwhelming i had a lot of flashbacks it was all surreal things and memories you have in your head get shifted around. we walked around the hotel. and there were a lot of doors that said strictly private no entry but without thinking we opened the doors and they brought us to parts of the home( not the posh part where the visitors seen ) the stairs at the back seemed so narrow it was all very weird . what was more weird was the fact that no security gaurd came after us and there were cameras everywhere !!! Since being there last year ive found im a little bit more at peace. Unfortunately adoption stories on telly and the madelene laundry report is stirring up a lot for me as im sure it is for everyone. Unlike you i always felt we were very badly treated and the scars stayed with me for life even after many years of councelling.

Hi survived
thanks for replying. I will try and make a trip back this year, although the thought scares me.

teddybug · 14-02-2013 11:13pm

would love 2 hear from any girls who were in ard mhuire dunboyne btween may and aug 1983 espically bernie and catherine and maryann , i would love 2 hear how your last 29 yrs have been ... you will know who u are if u remember Father kerian who used take us into dublin 4 walk abouts ???????

ilovemyweedogs · 20-02-2013 2:49pm

I rember so much was there in jan to april 83 we had to clean up after nuns breky never for get that porig pot as long as i live

Penny Dreadful wrote: »

He died a few years ago, quite a sad death really as he had Alzheimers and Parkinsons but he and his wife were an aunt and uncle that I was really close to, almost like another mum and dad. I used to go on my "holidays" to their house in Dunboyne and thought I was in clover as I got away from my brother and sisters and got to do fun stuff like to to bingo (:o the expectations of kids on their holidays all those years ago eh?).
I often think about them both and remember him talking about the convent and the girls there and taking them to the hospital for appointments and other such things. I never understood what was happening in the convent (good ol' Ireland back then, such things were never openly discussed and the damage that caused:() but remember the tone he and my aunt spoke in was always one of gentleness and kindness. Maybe this was because they had adopted two girls themselves as they were unable to have children I don't know. I just really do hope that he was nice to everyone

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