In this four part series, you will see the stories of people who have redirected their lives and are impacting generations to come by choosing to live a legacy. You will also discover some great insights into what living a life on legacy actually takes.
I have very mixed emotions about my early years. There were parts of it that were good but there were parts of it that were significant parts of it that were painful.
Once a week on a friday I bring one of my boys that lives with me full time and he gets the privilege to catch up with his mum. Just to do some fun stuff at the shop mall, visit his home, carry on this relationship.
I grew up in a great solid family with great positive influences on my life. As i went through my teenage years I started to discover that maybe I was missing something and saw people that were happy.
Grew up in Brisbane in a white working to middle class family. One of 5 children eventually. Mum and dad were your average working people. By the age of 10 mum diagnosed with lung cancer.
I had the second highest caning. They used to cane in those days, beat the fat out of your rear end; but being a scientist I designed a pair of shorts that actually were insulated.
I am Ursula and this is my husband George. And we have a long and interesting story around business and perseverance and challenges and children and ministry, that maybe will help some people.
Yeah so when I left school I did a year at University and to be honest I didnt have a clue what I was going to do. I did some sciences at university and I thought, what on earth am I going to do.
So my parents split up when I was about 6 years old. And when they split up my father kind of went off the rails alot and started getting heavily into drugs and alcohol.