Mental wellbeing
Mental Wellbeing (written for our school Bulletin in November 2019) Hello to you all! I'm currently in the car with Bro. Francis, driving back from our school in Southampton (St. Mary's of which we are both former students). It's funny how life sometimes comes full circle. Last night, Bro. Francis chaired the school's annual Speech Night prize-giving celebration (their equivalent of our Proclamation) and I was the guest of honour, giving the speech and distributing the prizes to a great bunch of wide-eyed, engaged young people. A surreal experience for me. 34 years ago, when in 5th Year (Yr. 11) I received a prize from a certain Bro. Francis who was the guest of honour that night. Afterwards, the school shared a photo of myself and Francis taken during my speech, to which I added a photo from that night 34 years ago. As the great Paddy McAloon of the '80s/'90s band Prefab Sprout would say, it's a "Life of Surprises"! Bro. Francis and mysel