Frances Bob:
CLASS OF 1969
St. Ann's AcademyClass of 1969
Victoria, BC
Frances's Story
Right now, I have been living at my childhood home, minus the old house. I live with my sisters and brother on our property near Chemainus. It's difficult to say what I've been through in my life. As young women, we were all in a great time of change and seeking freedom. I am so grateful to St. Ann's, especailly to Ken Baker and the sisters for helping me complete high school. I was totally in resistance to religion and injustices to First Nations people, but they loved me anyhow! I really felt like a fish out of water while at St. Ann's. Yet, I appreciate the experience, the sisters were committed to helping young women and not seeing the color of...Expand for more
our skin. I am learning my language now. My culture has been my healing. Sounds all serious, but there has been lots of fun times too. Like, when I was in my first relationship, I discovered I couldn't cook. Thank God for Betty Crocker cookbooks! I worked as a deckhand on a fish boat, and you just don't have alot of places to run out on the ocean. My first partner was french canadian and he was talking about me with a friend, I didn't realize I had been learning Quebecois french in that 7 yr. relationship. I'm looking forward to working as an elder with Corrections if I ever hear back from them, so I'm not quite ready to even think of retiring.
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