Barbie

This book is a gift of love. My love for you will never die My prayers for you are forever before God. Neither love nor prayers have a shelf life! Barbie is a true story as true as memory is can be. Barbie was the babyhood nickname of author Barbara Geraldine (Gerry) Meggait née Pouncy and was not used past babyhood except by her father and brother who called her Barb As a little child Gerry was nicknamed Baby but she pronounced it as Barbie In this memoir Gerry portrays herself as the old woman and weaves her musings into the story of child Barbie She looks at her own life through an objective lens as if she were a kindly older person looking at Barbie growing up with her accompanying joys and sorrows. She grew up during some of Canada's darkest hours as drought reduced the normally fertile lands of Manitoba to dust during the Great Depression. Her family like many others struggled to survive these impossible conditions. It was the strength of family faith love and patience that pulled them through. Barbie's story is filled with love compassion and understanding of a childhood and an era long gone. Gerry values her large family-children grandchildren and great-grandchildren-and wrote this book as a legacy for them.