The what and the who of Linda
A psychic once told me that it was almost as if I had appeared fully formed on earth at the age of 10 – rather like Mr Bean – with no history or family to speak of. With a statement like that I might have felt it incumbent upon me to explain why the age of 10 was so significant in my life, and whilst it surely would have been interesting to you; personally, I’m much more interested in the present. As Leslie Poles Hartley once said “the past is a foreign country, they do things differently there“.
People, I believe, are often tarred with two brushes. That of ‘WHAT’ they are, and the more interesting – to me at least – of WHO they are. So, dear audience, I decided to take you on a short, but hopefully interesting journey in the What and Who of Linda!
So, what am I.
Well, I’m a woman, at least I was when I last looked! The eldest of three and originally from the North West of England. I am half Irish with largish dollop of Spanish thrown in for good measure. I’m about 5 foot 6 inches tall and currently weigh somewhere between 9 and 20 stone – but I’m not taking you any closer than that!
I’m an information scientist by profession – which means I love the feel of information, the empowerment it brings and I love sharing it with everyone – so much so that I can become quite a bore really.
My career has wandered aimlessly through a variety of roles that have included board marker i...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Parkinson-Hardman Tags: Life my story Source Type: news
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