Earlier this month friends, family and fans of Marge McCann from Majors Creek gathered for the official launch of her much anticipated book ‘Bobby’ - about her fascinating life’
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Marge McCann aka ‘Bobby’ was self-named at the age of five after the singer Bobby Breen who sang ‘There’s a rainbow on the river’.
Marge’s son Peter McCann was the MC for the launch and told a few words about his mother and her stories.
“Life with Bobbie can be strange and wondrous. Filled with impossible events that leave you reeling. Growing up with Bobbie I thought that ghosts were real. Bobbie often talked about her mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother all being mediums, and that spirits would often inhabit them. Unbelievable stories that seem to have a hidden truth.
A woman of such strong belief, faced with having a child out of wedlock, when unmarried mothers were socially ostracised and condemned, had no choice but to see a lady in Surry Hills who claimed she could make the pregnancy go away. The rhythm of the train on the way back home chanted "I am going to have a baby; I am going to have a baby". Suddenly, she had a choice. Living an adventure too great to begin, somehow through imagination and belief Bobbie could accomplish the impossible.
As a small child Bobbie helped her father bury the draft horse. She had to hold a lamp so her father could see, as he carved up the horse to fit into the ditch. To this day Bobbie still says it was a job that had to be done, no matter how horrific. Early lessons taught her that mind over matter provided fight and determination, the courage to go on.
On retirement Bobbie faced radical surgery and 72 hours of treatment with a radium implant. She finally left the hospital, only to experience further incredible pain. In a vision, the Pope came to her, measuring her chest with a sexton. The Doctors told her she should have died. Through this adversity she discovered the power of freedom.
At the age of 65 she had already outlived her life expectancy by 5 years. She took off alone on what was to be the first of many trips around Australia. She took an old diesel 4-wheel drive, with no power steering; an iron frame bed; and an army tent. Bobbie survived cyclones, poor health, and family tragedy. On her last trip she was able to walk barefoot for the very first time. The stars were so close; she felt that she could touch them. She felt connected, and complete.
Bobbie is an inspiration to us all.”
