To Give until it
Hurts
Sometimes we meet a person who inspires us by their
persistence and determination.
Sometimes we meet a person who inspires us by their detachment
and unworldliness.
Sometimes we meet a person who inspires us by their goodness
and compassion.
Sometimes we meet a person who inspires us by their expertise
and proficiency.
Sometimes we meet a person who inspires us by their modesty
and sincerity.
Sometimes we meet a person who inspires us by their guts and
determination.
When this someone is your daughter then you are not only
inspired you are knocked over.
Katy Condliffe was born thirty years ago, the youngest of four
daughters she came in a hurry being born at home, and (I delivered her).
From day one she was a good baby and a good kid, the things
that stick in my mind was the determination to get things done and the no nonsense
practical approach she took to everything.
She did well at school not brilliantly but well, she was social
but not gregarious. Loyalty to her friends and family was always there.
From very early on she always stated that she wanted to do
nursing, she play acted this out and her nature propelled her toward it.
She graduated with a double certificate in
midwifery, later on she did another certificate in trauma and emergency
nursing.
Katy worked at major hospitals and also some smaller ones
but she liked to be where something was happening. Ward nursing was not her cup
of tea.
Katy volunteered early for The Islands of Northern Australia
in her training days, and then early in her nursing days she went to New Guinea
to work in the Highlands as a volunteer. She revelled in this type of work.
Katy has over the last few years completed trips to Kenya as a
volunteer working in remote places near Lake Victoria. Her stories of these
trips are both sad and inspiring.
Katie’s latest venture and her idea is to lead a group of volunteer nurses and paramedics to Kenya to work in a new hospital and do health clinics
in remote villages. She heads off soon to complete this task she will be gone
for three months.
Katie Condliffe is my daughter but she is also one of the
most beautiful and inspiring people I have ever met. She gives until it hurts!
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