Bernie

This concert has brought together a wide variety of women. Each with their own stories. Bernie is a woman with an amazing strength, we are all very proud to have her amongst us, and we love her songs.

Bernie has a lovely, warm voice. She has never really experienced singing in front of people until her little baby Emma was born 10 weeks prematurely . Not knowing any nursery rhymes, Bernie made up her own. She would sing to little Emma so that she
would know her mum was there, close by, bursting with love and in awe of this beautiful being.

As time went on, Emma was diagnosed with a serious heart problem and had to stay in the hospital.
Bernie kept singing for her baby.
The nurses commented on Bernie's voice and at times the other babies in the
cardiac ICU would stop crying as well and fall asleep as she sang to her
little one.

After eight months Emma lost her fight,it was heartbreaking to let her go.

Not even a year later, Bernie's husband died of stomach cancer.

Music has helped in the healing of Bernie's loss. She sings when happy and
sad.
Bernie joined a choir and attended the lovely Laoise for singing lessons.
She has written a few moving songs about her life, and will perform one of them at the October 29th Action Breast Cancer gig.