Melinda Jane Gray

Soulful Soup, Hearth and Home

This is us! A diverse, pickled family created by the twin sisters shown in the above image. Our family was the strict church-going kind, rather sombre and serious, except when something tickled my mother's fancy and she burst forth with rapturous, melodious laughter. Or, somehow, us children managed with our bizarre humour and school story-telling to get Dad laughing until tears ran down his face. Those moments were gold, especially on the rare occasion they happened at the dinner table.