building families, developing relationships, strengthening communities
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Sometimes ignorance can be bliss.
In the last 12 months (as I get older), I’m looking to reset, and reboot areas of my life, and the life of my family. stagnant, thoughtless, purposeless repetition….avoid, avoid, avoid!
Education has been at the centre of this process. And the internet has been a boon.
Between thestoryofstuff and Food inc. and [...]
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“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view; until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.”
I read this when I was eleven or twelve.
Shockingly, aside from copious amounts of Stephen King, Shakespeare, and assorted English poets consumed in my teens, I was not, and [...]
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I was recently given a copy of the book Three Cups of Tea written by Greg Mortenson. It’s all about ‘one man’s mission to promote peace, one school at a time’. I was given the book {if you can believe it} by my Kindergarten teacher, Gaye Moss, an incredible woman whom I have written about on [...]
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Thought of the week…
You know those moments when you just sense something’s not quite right?
My daughter loves to explore and ‘be one’ with nature, so often she roams the neighbourhood alone road testing various parks as the perfect spot to read or journal.
She’s almost 16, so the alarm bells in my head and heart are not as loud as [...]
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Kaye is a warm, vivacious, single girl who has lived in London, Milan, Sydney, Adelaide and has returned to her hometown of Brisbane as she prepares for the next UK adventure.
A true extrovert, energized by being around other people, she a girl who loves the buzz and energy of social gatherings who has a strong sense of empathy for humanity and an equally strong [...]
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Every family hits highs and lows, yet mostly sail along on a relatively even keel. Yet sometimes out of nowhere storms that cause us to be shaken up a little more than we bargained for come our way. That’s where the strength of community can play such a vital role…those rare indescribable moments when those around us step [...]
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After thinking long and hard about what community is, I have come to realise it’s not just a group of people residing in the same suburb and a little farther. It is so much more than that…it’s about what chapters you choose to write that include others. What imprint you stamp in the lives of [...]
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Above all else, I wish for my boys to grow up to be men of good character.
The reason I want this for them is because it is only people of good character who will ever have a positive influence on the communities in which they exist.
Harry J Grant, the famous American Editor and Social Commentator said:
“It [...]
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“I go running when I have to. When the ice cream truck is doing sixty.”
You know those moments, when something flicks your switch, you feel fully alive, you momentarily forget you are a grown-up, you throw your head back and start laughing hysterically, you fall asleep smiling because you feel incredibly blessed, you dive into [...]
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I remember years before I was a mum hearing a simple yet powerful comment that forever changed the way I viewed my child…changed my perspective of parenting.
What may have been an insignificant comment to some altered my life. Are you ready? It’s deep! After complimenting a friend’s new baby by saying something along the lines [...]
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