Ann Griffiths (1776–1805)
Auteur van Black patriot and martyr;: Toussaint of Haiti
Werken van Ann Griffiths
The hymns of Ann Griffiths : critical Welsh edition 3 exemplaren
The Canadian Navy and The New Security Agenda 1 exemplaar
Gerelateerde werken
Women in Praise of the Sacred: 43 Centuries of Spiritual Poetry by Women (1994) — Medewerker — 342 exemplaren
Glas-nos : poems for peace : an anthology for peace by the poets of Wales (1987) — Medewerker — 1 exemplaar
Tagged
Algemene kennis
- Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
- Thomas, Ann (enw geni)
- Geboortedatum
- 1776-04
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1805-08
- Geslacht
- female
- Nationaliteit
- Cymru
- Geboorteplaats
- Llanfihangel-yng-Ngwynfa, Cymru
- Plaats van overlijden
- Llanfihangel-yng-Ngwynfa, Cymru
- Beroepen
- emynydd
bardd
Leden
Besprekingen
Misschien vindt je deze ook leuk
Gerelateerde auteurs
Statistieken
- Werken
- 11
- Ook door
- 3
- Leden
- 28
- Populariteit
- #471,397
- Waardering
- 4.0
- Besprekingen
- 1
- ISBNs
- 5
The story begins when Ann was six. She recalls her mother driving her and her siblings away from their father one night and how frightening that felt until they reached their destination and she discovered it was Grandma’s house. Then she knew everything would be okay.
Grandma providing a refuge for Ann, her mom, and siblings wasn’t the only way she helped. Her unconditional love soon had Ann in a tug-of-war as she found herself preferring Grandma’s peaceful, well-ordered home to the chaotic, stormy home of her parents. Grandma believed in her and challenged her to be her best self. She influenced her to attend church and modeled a life of service and hard work that made a lasting impression. She passed on to her granddaughter a rich legacy: a strong work ethic, a spirit of perseverance, the habit of putting her all into every task no matter how small, compassion, consideration and care for others, contentment in serving her family, and more.
Griffiths tells the story in first person. She fills in Grandma’s history as needed and supplements her own memories with material from letters, diaries, journals, newspaper clippings, and interviews. Her keen eye for sensory details adds interest and color to the telling. Here, for example, is her description of what met her each time she entered her parents’ home:
A special feature of the book for me was its setting. It takes place in the area where now I live, so it was interesting to read about life here in earlier times--things like Grandma making a weekly three-hour one-way trek to clean house for relatives in West Vancouver, Ann’s involvement as a drummer in the Surrey School Band, the founding of Johnston Heights Church, and other local events and places to which I could relate.
The author begins and ends the book with letter-like chapters to her own granddaughter, so that we almost get the feeling we’re eavesdropping on a special conversation between her and her own family. But this is definitely more than a family keepsake and memoir. It has takeaway value for all grandmas (in the way it shows how the life of one simple woman continues to ripple through generations) and would be especially encouraging to grandmothers (and grandfathers) tasked with raising their grandkids for whatever reason.
The "Introduction" contains a list of people and the milestone dates of their lives (births, deaths, marriages, moves) so it’s easy to keep track of who everyone is. There are also four sections of black-and-white photographs that help bring Grandma, Ann, and the story’s other characters to life.
I first found out about this book when Griffiths gave a talk about the influence of grandparents and specifically her grandmother at a seniors’ lunch. She speaks often on that topic as well as the topic of mentoring, and has co-written A Mentor’s Fingerprint (with Donna Inglis). Check out their website Fingerprint Ministries.
… (meer)