Touched By God

My Love Story

My book is a love story which starts with my origin and my beginnings in the UK with my birth family. Mum and dad. They were strict Irish catholics and so Religion played a big part in our family life.

The story goes on to how I met my beautiful Maureen (wife to be). I was 17 and she was 15. We went out together for 2 years. Through that time we fell in love, became engaged, and then were married. We bought our first house together and settled for a while.

We left England to emigrate to NZ. Five weeks on board ship and Maureen pregnant. At this time I became asleep in my faith and did not practice for 14 years. During this time also our family Suzanne and Shawn arrived and grew.

An Encounter with God

Out of the blue, a strange thing happened. I had an encounter with God. This affected me greatly and I had this strong desire to practice my faith again. It was more than that though. It was as if God had a special reason for calling me.

I left my Engineering job, went to Teachers College, and became a high school teacher. I did end up in a catholic school teaching Religious studies. All through this time especially, strange positive things began to happen. Really unexplainable circumstances, or was it God at work.

Family and Faith

All of this had a big effect on my lovely wife Maureen and our two children. However, our family bond was solid and our love for each other became stronger as a consequence. Maureen and both our children were Baptised into the catholic faith, which was such a special happening for our family.

Remembering Maureen

Maureen passed away in 2024, almost 2 years ago now. I miss her so very much. Maureen always encouraged me to write about the happenings around that time, mid 1980s. As part of my grieving process, I began to write. I dedicated the book to Maureen. She was such a special lady.