Life would never again be the same for the O'Kelleher family, after the conquering of Ireland by the English butcher, Sir Oliver Cromwell, (circa1649), and the brutal consequences of his occupation. These British barbarians, who after murdering several of the O'Kelleher family, sent the remaining O'Kelleher brothers and sisters, together with some 80,000 Irish intellectuals, to the British West Indies as slaves. Then, 'Devine Providence' or fate intervened, as it sometimes does, and after an enemy of the British, sank the slave ship, the O'Kelleher's were on, they managed to find refuge on a...

Due to circumstances beyond their control, some of the O'Kelleher cousins landed in Boston, while the other cousins ended up in New Orleans. With the promise of a better life, and seeking the many opportunities that America offered its immigrants, the O'Kelleher family fought the prejudices of the entrenched Protestant majority in the north, and through their own devices, sacrifice, and hard work, they became successful Irish-Americans.

The Irish-Catholic cousins who landed in Louisiana by mistake encountered no such prejudices, as the citizens of Louisiana were largely Catholic, as their...

My story involves two unlikely people, who fell in love, under most unusual circumstances. They both came from somewhat different childhood backgrounds. Both shared some of the same pain, knowing that they were different; caused by some painful wounds, both physical and psychological. Wounds which had been inflicted on them by others and yet, they somehow found in each other, compassion and an understanding, which developed into a life long love affair. One shunned society, choosing to live in the shadows while the other, sought approval from that same society, with it's fickle and...