May 30th

10C and o/c.
Had my come-uppance at bowls yesterday by a 90 year old lady!! Oh well she felt pretty happy.

I have got about two chapters done on the fiction sequel I was talking about but am a little reluctant to start posting as I may not be able to do enough each day to stay ahead.
The back ground to it is The Pearce family story that is under print as "Look Back To See The Way Ahead"
I posted it on here some time ago.
In the original story I mentioned that I had received a couple of letters from John but then after reaching England no one heard any more from any of the family.
So this sequel is a story of what might have happened.
Here are the first couple of paragraphs --

Mission Bound

Chapter 1

  The boy looked over the rail of the ship, he was careful to keep his head averted so that neither his parents nor his sisters could see the tears that threatened to spill out and down his suntanned cheeks. He could still make out his friend waving vigorously from the shore. He returned a single wave that was perhaps more like a salute than a wave.

  The last few days had been tumultuous, at first when they got the word that they would be leaving the harbour that had been their home for the last few years, the whole family was excited. Then as the consequences of moving away settled in, John (that was his name) become sad and despondent, his sister Margaret followed suit although being four years younger her frame of mind fluctuated widely, from tears one moment to excited laughter the next. However his other two sisters, Jean his twin and Mary, Margaret’s twin showed little remorse and in fact constantly demonstrated their happiness in bubbly ways contrary to their usual natures. His mother was neither sad nor happy as far as he could tell but there was more spring in her step and she seemed more animated than usual. His father, well his father appeared to waver between the two extremes.