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Lee-Marie: (looking skywards and laughing out loud). Yeah, definitely.... him
having to sit around and watching me dance around his living room
for half an hour. He definitely suffered through that.
David:
Can you remember, as a little girl, the look in his eye when you were
dancing around his living room?
Lee-Marie: (putting her fingers to her eyes). He always had a glitter in his eyes.
He was always smiling!
David:
Are there any stories that you know of from your paternal family that
are told about how they don't give up when the going gets tough?
Lee-Marie: There were bad financial times, and they just kept on going. Nothing
gets them down, and they do overcome it in time and just think of
other ways. I've seen it. They can be very strong in that way.
David:
Can you tell me something you have witnessed in this regard?
Lee-Marie: They lost completely everything, and they built another business up
again to be even better. They were going through a lot of stress.
(shaking head vigorously).
David:
If your grandfather were here and I asked him this question, can you
guess what he might have said: "Lee-Marie's grandfather, were you
at all surprised when you learned that the apple of your eye- your
ten-year-old granddaughter Lee-Marie - overcame a Problem
thought to be almost impossible in no more than 60 minutes?" How
do you guess he might have answered?
Lee-Marie: (smiling) I think he wouldn't be surprised. No! I'm sure he wouldn't
be surprised.
David:
Can I ask him another question? "Lee-Marie's grandfather, why were
you not surprised, when to be honest, I could not quite believe it
when I learned what Lee-Marie and her family had gone and done
Animative Descriptions and Vivifying Discovery: Inviting Clients Into The Marvel Of Their Understory
Journal of Contemporary Narrative Therapy, May 2026 Release, p. 52-79.
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