100 ABSTRACTS - NUMBER 33

We are getting into the eye drop routine very well but sadly, Mr. HCB is still rather frustrated that he can’t read, so once again he is sitting listening to his audio book, which he says is “Not bad” but he will be so glad when he can actually read.  

For today’s abstract, there is probably only one person who will guess what I have used - and that’s because when I was talking to this particular Blip friend earlier in the week, I was chopping vegetables in the kitchen and showed her something that I would be using later in the week - her comment was “Only you, Maureen!”  

So here you have an abstract heart - Number 33 in my 100 Abstracts Challenge for the Mamie Martin Fund,  which provides secondary education for young women and girls in North Malawi.  I have just fartnarkled with it a little by using Curves in the Snapseed app and then added a frame.

This is a quote from the brochure I was sent, about the work of the fund:

“When she left home for Africa in 1921, Mamie was a graduate and a teacher, with a passionate love for her chosen profession.  She had no official role as a teacher in Malawi but was desperate to put her skills and experience to good use.  She also held modern views on equality.  This was to develop into a passion for girls’ education, particularly in Malawi where she saw how unequal was the access to and expectations of education between boys and girls.”

How amazing that 100 years ago, Mamie Martin made such a difference in Malawi and by donating to the fund, which was set up in 1993 in Mamie and her husband Jack’s memory, these girls can still be supported.  What a legacy!  This abstract heart is my acknowledgement of that wonderful work.

I’m sure that Mamie Martin would have said this too:

“Life is going to give you 
     just what you put into it.  
Put your whole heart 
     in everything you do.”  
Maya Angelou

P.S.  Just had a physically distanced “afternoon”  tea, in the morning - with the best china - but we drank coffee - with the windows open in the conservatory.  Our friend, Gill made the scones and brought the cream and strawberry jam - what a great friend to have - and it certainly cheered up Mr. HCB.  There was some discussion as to what went on first, the jam or the cream - we always put the jam first and then a large dollop of cream on the top!  Photo in extras.

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