Diana Gruffydd Williams, whose teaching career was short-lived and interrupted by serious health problems, including prolonged hospitalisation for psychiatric illnesses and serious accidents, recalls her life in this open and frank autobiography. 40 images.

• Preface
• 1 – War Wounds
• 2 – Exile
• 3 – Not the Teacher’s Pet
• 4 – Holidays in Aberdare
• 5 – Cameo Memories of Data
• 6 – A Shy Child in a New School
• 7 – The King Dies
• 8 – Joy and Sadness in Aberdare
• 9 – Katie Kangaroo – and others
• 10 – A New House, Data
• 11 – Daddy Bom’s Cough
• 12 – Data Comes and Goes
• 13 – The Postman Cycled Past
• 14 – Aberdare but Goodwick too
• 15 – ‘Arglwydd Iesu’
• 16 – Coffee Bars and Justice
• 17 – A Fiery Celt
• 18 – A Mustard-Coloured Coat
• 19 – Hospital, a Violation
• 20 – St David’s Again
• 21 – Fallow Field
• 22 – Ballet, a Tracheotomy
• 23 – Escapades
• 24 – A New Start in Wales
• 25 – Teething Problems, Nana
• 26 – A Devastating Loss
• 27 – Born a Cripple?
• 28 – What did my GP say?
• 29 – ‘Watch and Pray’
• 30 – A Channel
• 31 – St Ignatius of Loyola
• 32 – Laying on of Hands
• 33 – A Glimpse of Heaven
• 34 – Abercynon, the Old Man’s Funeral
• 35 – A Wedding, Cyprus
• 36 – Farewells, Welcome
• 37 – Losses, a Gain
• 38 – My People’s Pilgrimage
• 39 – Bitter Winds and a Gift
• 40 – Fit for a Purpose
• 41 – Listening, Learning, Waiting
• Acknowledgements
• Images