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11. One Girl. One Journey – Brampton Bound!

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My sister and brother ended up moving down to Brampton, Ontario. They really enjoyed living there, and I remember visiting them alot. Eventually, my sister Barb wrote me a letter and told me that I needed to move on with my life. Parry Sound had nothing to offer me, and if I moved down to …

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12. One Girl. One Journey – That Fateful Night

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Things were going well in my new place, in my new city, in my new job. I had been in Brampton for about 3 months when my brother and his friend and my sisters boyfriend were heading out to a bar for a night out and asked if I wanted to join them. Why not? …

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13. One Girl. One Journey – And Life Changes – Again

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That fateful night at the bar, I ended up talking to a really nice guy and we talked and danced all night. He asked for my number. I gave him mine and he gave me his. I waited for his call and it never came. I decided after about a week, that I was going …

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14. One Girl. One Journey – And a New Life Begins

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As I settled into my new life, I found time long. And lonely. After we married, our honeymoon was one night in a hotel in Toronto, and then my husband left for a six week course for work. My brother and sisters tried to pop by to spend time with me, but they had their …

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15. One Girl. One Journey – And Life Changes – Again

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When my youngest was 2 in 1991, my husband wanted a divorce. Once again, my life turned upside down. I moved to a little house on the edge of Deep Bay in Carling Ontario. Me and my two little girls. Life proved to be very difficult in all aspects, but I was with my family …

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16. One Girl. One Journey – And Life Changes – Once Again

5,837 Comments / BLOG / By Carolyn McCormack

4 years later, after so many challenges and struggles, I became a licensed hair stylist. Then I was promoted to the manager of my sister´s salon. I had developed a good clientele and was happy. I felt confident and secure. My family was all around me, my little girls were happy and I was feeling …

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17. One Girl. One Journey – 2001 – A New Beginning

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I was very excited to be in Southern Ontario. I had purchased a book in Kirkland Lake a few months before we left – just a spiral notebook, the kind you´d buy for school. I had written my plan out in this book – same as the last time – 5 years ago , full …

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18. One Girl. One Journey – On My Way

16,623 Comments / BLOG / By Carolyn McCormack

That September of 2001, I started taking a broadcasting course in Toronto at the National Institute of Broadcasting. Every Sunday, I went down to the little station on the upper floor on Yonge Street. This was how I was going to get comfortable in public again. By taking this course. It was alot of fun. …

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19. One Girl. One Journey – Building Blocks

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Things were coming together. I enjoyed my time at the theatre. I liked the people – we felt like a little creative family. It was a tremendous investment of time, especially since I was volunteering my time and talent, but I always laughed there. The reward was going to be the accomplishment. And the producer …

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20. One Girl. One Journey – Next!

488 Comments / BLOG / By Carolyn McCormack

Finished my three song demo in Barrie. Now to get it out there. I´m looking in my journal. I have diaries that date back to when I was 20. I have a box full of them. To be able to write my story, I am relying on my memory and using the entries in my …

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  • 10. One Girl. One Journey – The Dark Years
    After Dad died, we all fell apart. We all dealt with the loss in our own way. My relationship fell apart as well. We went back and forth a few times, but whatever we had was lost. I wasn´t the same person anymore and I can imagine he had no idea at 18 years old, […]
  • 9. One Girl. One Journey – Teenage Years
    My teenage years were very typical. They were uneventful years, the life of a normal teenage girl. High school September through to June. Then summer jobs. The last year of highschool, I decided to move in with my boyfriend. It was cool to have my own space, no one to tell me what to do, […]
  • 8. One Girl. One Journey – Carnival Queen – 1979
    There was an announcement in high school that there was going to be a beauty pageant. My friend and I decided that we were going to enter. Why not? So we did, and I decided, naturally, that my talent portion would be to sing. My friend decided to sing to, so we got together as […]
  • 7. One Girl. One Journey – Childhood Years
    I remember my childhood to be very typical. Just like everyone else´s. But it wasn´t – at all. We were very different. I think the things that made our family unique was that because there were 6 of us, we didn´t really need friends. We had them, but we were just as happy playing with […]
  • 6. One Girl. One Journey – Mom & Dad
    Mom lived in a small little town in Northern Ontario. She was the youngest child of three. She had flaming red hair (which I inherited) and was a tomboy when she was little.  As she matured she became very independent.  She wanted to be a professional dancer.  I didn´t even know that until 2 years […]
  • 5. One Girl. One Journey – Dad
    I guess the reason I chose to start the beginning of my story with an ending of another´s is because it´s a crucial point in my life. It was like my ending too. The end of a life that I just took for granted. I mean, I was happy. I was living with my boyfriend, […]
  • 4. One Girl. One Journey – He´s Gone
    Original Journal entry – July 1981
  • 3. One Girl. One Journey – July 28, 1981
    We had spent the next month taking turns visiting Dad at St. Mike´s.  My brother, my boyfriend at the time and I spent the weekend of the 24th  in Toronto visiting him.  He was in great spirits and we left to come back home to Parry Sound happy that he was doing so well.  But […]
  • 2. One Girl. One Journey – Negotiating a Life
    That Friday night, we all waited in the waiting room. Mom, me and my 4 sisters and brother. After what seemed like forever, I remember the doctor came out and told us that Dads back was broken and he said Dad would be paralyzed from the waist down. They were flying him to St. Michael´s […]
  • 1. One Girl. One Journey – June 26, 1981
    Journal – June 26, 1981 – 9:30 p.m. Dad. Accident. Broken back. XXX June 26, 1981 – 9:00 p.m. I was in my apartment. Pillows stacked behind my back, I was working on a crossword puzzle in bed. It was a beautiful June evening.  All of a sudden, I heard the sirens of an ambulance. […]
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